Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Carnage
    Carnage
    Carnage
    Ebook81 pages1 hour

    Carnage

    By John Lutz

    5/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    JOHN LUTZ IS . . .

    "A MAJOR TALENT." —John Lescroart

    "ONE OF THE MASTERS." —Ridley Pearson

    "IN RARE FORM." —The New York Times Book Review

    "AMONG THE BEST." —San Diego Union

    THE BIRTH OF A KILLING FRENZY

    The killer has a pattern. Abduct a girl from a beachside community. Tie her up. Torture her to death. Move north along the coast. Repeat.

    With each gruesome killing, a clue is delivered to New York City investigator Frank Quinn. The ex-homicide detective understands that the message is more than a taunt. It is an invitation—to play. And the game has just begun. . .

    "LUTZ OFFERS UP A HEART-POUNDING ROLLER COASTER OF A TALE." —Jeffery Deaver

    12,500 Words
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPinnacle Books
    Release dateAug 1, 2014
    ISBN9780786036318
    Carnage
    Author

    John Lutz

    For over forty years, John Lutz (b. 1939) has been one of the premier voices in contemporary hard-boiled fiction, producing dozens of novels and over 250 short stories. His earliest success came with the Alo Nudger series, set in his hometown of St. Louis. Tropical Heat introduced Fred Carver, a Florida detective whom Lutz followed in ten novels. More recently, he has produced five books in the Frank Quinn serial killer series. Lutz is a former president of the Mystery Writers of America, and his many honors include lifetime achievement awards from the Short Mystery Fiction Society and the Private Eye Writers of America. He lives in St. Louis.

    Read more from John Lutz

    Related to Carnage

    Titles in the series (9)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Thrillers For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Karin Slaughter

      Jul 2, 2020

      This American crime author has sold more than 35 million copies of her books globally. This month she’s celebrating the release of her 20th novel in as many years. It’s also the 10th book in special agent Will Trent’s series. “It feels really great a

      1 min read

    • Article

      Julia Reed

      Nov 16, 2020

      Julia Reed
      9 min read

    • Article

      Look Past First Impressions

      Sep 29, 2020

      Look Past First Impressions
      2 min read

    • Article

      Those Who Left Us: Select Literary Obituaries of 2017

      Jan 10, 2018

      Poets, editors, songwriters, teachers, journalists, novelists—some great writers and some under-sung ones left us this year. Here, in chronological order of their deaths, is a selective compendium of literary obituaries from 2017.     Bhara

      15 min read

    • Article

      The Ghosts of Flight 191

      Apr 13, 2019

      The Ghosts of Flight 191
      15 min read

    • Article

      An Infrastructure of Innocence

      Jun 25, 2019

      An Infrastructure of Innocence
      14 min read

    • Article

      Must See, Must Read

      Mar 1, 2022

      Must See, Must Read
      14 min read

    • Article

      April Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month)

      Apr 5, 2021

      April brings new books from Haruki Murakami, Helen Oyeyemi, Elizabeth McCracken, Kaitlyn Greenidge, and a whole lot more. The post April Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month) appeared first on The Millions.

      8 min read

    • Article

      Shelf Life

      Dec 2, 2021

      Shelf Life
      4 min read

    • Article

      Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Erdrich, Wideman, and More

      Nov 9, 2021

      Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Louise Erdrich, John Edgar Wideman, and more—that are publishing this week. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Erdrich, Wideman, and More appeared first on The Millions.

      5 min read

    • Article

      80 Who Killed Claude Kendall? The Mystery Murder Of Charles Fort’s Publisher

      Dec 3, 2020

      Millions of Americans celebrated Thanksgiving in the comfort of their homes on 25 November 1937, but for one man fate reserved a different outcome. That same night, in a room on the eighth floor of a New York hotel, Claude Kendall was brutally beaten

      7 min read

    • Article

      New Zealand Books

      Jul 14, 2019

      It’s astonishing to realise on finishing this book that Marilyn Waring had been in Parliament for nine years when she retired at the age of 32. And that she developed and maintained a powerful influence on national politics in that time – and afterwa

      4 min read

    • Article

      Dear Inga, Love Jack

      Jun 30, 2020

      Dear Inga, Love Jack
      20 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Carnage

    5/5

    2 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Carnage - John Lutz

      Davis

      1

      Florida, two years ago

      An hour after killing the girl on her summer vacation, the killer took the coast road north.

      To his right the morning sky was dark, with low gray clouds. He was sure that out at sea, rain must be falling. Straight ahead, what he calculated was true north, sunlight lanced through the clouds and lay golden on the winding road. As he drove he reran the murder over and over in his mind, finding new angles, fresh perspectives. It got better each time.

      The girl—Taylor Reminger—had been easy prey, a naïve and pliable young woman, especially with a few doctored drinks in her. He’d been so nice to her—oh, he could be a charmer—that they were in her motel room before sundown. His every move was practiced and economical. He’d perfected his routine over the past several years. Within the hour, he’d had her taped tightly and gagged.

      That’s when the fun began.

      When she’d regained consciousness, Taylor opened her eyes and met the real true him.

      He’d been learning with each victim. She had experienced the blade and the flame, and had spent the rest of the night dying in pain, making desperate noises that barely escaped her taped lips and wadded pillow. Her pleas near the end were scarcely recognizable as human.

      When, finally, she died, he looked into her eyes and knew he had gotten all of her.

      He smiled as he drove. He would remember Taylor. She died well and would stand out in memory among the others. She was special.

      Or maybe he was simply getting better.

      Directly in front of the car, three pelicans in perfect V formation like aircraft arced across the sky. Surely some kind of omen.

      The killer, who carved the letters D.O.A. in his victims’ foreheads, had come to be known simply as that: D.O.A. In his estimation, not enough people had heard of him. So far, he and his relatively few murders (he’d started this latest spate of killings in Miami) were simply local news. This northward jaunt, leaving a bloody string of murders like a comet’s tail, would alert everyone along the eastern seacoast to the danger and terror. New York media would soon come to understand the pattern and path of the murders. No media could cover series killings better than the New York news. They would pursue every tidbit of information as if they were starving wolves, and give it an importance that made legend. The strength of the pack.

      The killer tightened his grip on the steering wheel and thought about New York City. All that movement. All those voices. All those people. Jostling each other. Breathing each other’s breath. Terror was contagious and traveled fast among them. Especially the young single women, trying to make New York their own personal big apple.

      What a wonderful town.

      He’d get there eventually. There was no rush. Let them contemplate his approach.

      The road curved, and a brightening reflection lay like a squirming chimera on the gleaming black hood of the rented Chevy. It had been easy enough to use phony documentation to rent the car for a month. Somewhere farther north, he would make sure it was clean of fingerprints or any other identifying factors—perhaps burn the vehicle—then find some other mode of transportation

      His plan was simple and as inescapable as fate.

      He would kill along the way. All the way to New York City and beyond. Beyond was important to the killer, but New York was special to him because of the famous Frank Quinn.

      Quinn, or one of his minions, would soon understand the killer’s intent. But understanding it was a long way from being able to stop it.

      The morning was heating up, and the killer had the Chevy’s air conditioner on high.

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1