G.M. FORD

Frank Corso, the only writer allowed to observe the proceedings of the high-profile, tight-security trial of a thug charged with sixty-three counts of murder, is in the middle of a media-circus - a real nightmare for a loner type like himself. And that's before he finds out that his close friend, photojurnalist Meg Dougherty, is in Intensive Care after a run-in with a couple of hoods. It doesn't take long for the smart, hardened reporter to realize there's a mysterious connection between the story Meg was chasing and the courtroom spectacle he's witnessing. Never a man to play it safe, Frank will follow a twisted trail of lies, brutality and rage to avenge his friend and mete out his own style of justice

The first in an outstanding new crime series featuring investigative journalist Frank Corso; Monday 10:07 AM - Day 1 of 6; Leanne Samples admits that she lied at the trial of Walter Leroy Himes. In 6 days time, he goes to the chair. But no-one will listen. The FBI wants their pound of flesh. Monday 2.16 PM - Day 1 of 6; Natalie van der Hoven, editor of the Seattle Sun, tracks down investigative journalist Frank Corso. He owes her a favour, and now she's calling in her marker. Monday 2.58 PM - Day 1 of 6; Leanne Samples goes into hiding. Frank Corso takes on her case. And if Walter Leroy Himes is innocent, a serial killer is still stalking Seattle...

Rules never much mattered to rogue reporter Frank Corso. So when the Texas police release a warrant with his name on it, he runs. Accompanied by Meg Dougherty, his former lover, Corso heads straight into a furious blizzard and the pair are forced to seek shelter in an abandoned house. But in their isolated retreat, Corso and Meg make a horrific discovery - the grisly remains of Eldred Holmes and his young family. With the police firmly on his tail, Corso begins a murder-hunt that will carry him through a chilling history of terror and bloodshed, and make him the target of a rage-driven master of reinvention..."The term 'page-turner' has been flogged to death, but this is the real deal ...an utterly compelling portrait of murder, madness and the ultimate corruption" - Jonathan Kellerman.

Something has been let loose in the city - an airborne horror that leaves a tunnel full of corpses below the streets of Seattle. As the city grinds to a halt, disgraced journalist Frank Corso finds himself evacuated from his friend Meg Dougherty's first photographic exhibition. Determined to find a way into the tunnel to discover what has happened, he unwittingly establishes himself as prime suspect in this deadly conspiracy. While Meg returns home to a terrifying scene of her own, Corso is hauled in by the police and quickly learns of one brutal death that could be linked to the impending destruction of thousands, perhaps millions, of innocent lives. And now he must elude the FBI and pursue the terrorists himself before an infinitely more devastating attack annihilates his city. 'Gathers momentum like a runaway monorail car. You simply can't get off until the ride is over' - "Booklist".

Corso, periodista de investigación cuya prometedora carrera se desbarató por un escándalo, se ha reconvertido en escritor de best-sellers y es enviado por su editor a un pequeño pueblo de Pennsylvania para resolver un extraño caso. Un año atrás, un vecino que nunca antes había mostrado ningún tipo de inclinación hacia el crimen entra en el banco local con una bomba sujeta al cuello para intentar robar el establecimiento. Al poco de hacer acto de presencia el artefacto estalla y el hombre muere hecho pedazos. El asunto despierta de inmediato el interés del FBI, que se pega a Corso para ponerse al día de sus descubrimientos, pero las cosas se tuercen para él porque el FBI lo inculpa de estar detrás de las explosiones. Así que ahora no sólo tiene que encontrar al verdadero culpable para poder escribir el libro si no para salvar su propio pellejo. Tras salvar milagrosamente la vida de la embestida de un quitanieves, Corso descubre que tras los hombres-bomba se esconde un maniaco.

El periodista Frank Corso, que en su momento perdió credibilidad al inventarse pruebas en un artículo sobre un crimen, es requerido por Leanne Samples, que quiere que le diga al mundo que mintió en su declaración que llevó al presidiario y asesino en serie Walter «El basurero» Himes al corredor de la muerte. A pocos días de la ejecución, nuevas y sorprendentes evidencias salen a la luz, y Corso se ve inmerso en una lucha que va más allá de la verdad y la justicia.