Silent Screams

by C.E. Lawrence

Book Overview

A Deranged Killer's Twisted Urges In the streets of New York City, the Slasher chooses his victim--and makes his move. As he wraps his fingers around the girl's pretty throat, his power increases. As he carves into her skin, his words become flesh. As he arranges her lifeless body in a loving tableau, his fantasies demand new, more violent sacrifices. . . A Profiler's Cunning Plan At first, NYPD detectives suspect a jealous boyfriend. But criminal...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786021489
• ISBN13: 9780786021482
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.8" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Great Page Turner!!

This is a terrific book. I can't wait for the next in the series. The author developed great characters that you can really see. It is fantastic writing of descriptions and scenes in New York. I recommend this for everyone!

Compelling and Interesting

Just finished reading CE Lawrence's thriller, Silent Screams,--and it really is a thriller-- with its surprise ending. Enjoyed all the descriptions of NYC and its many attributes as well as many tidbits of info about the city. Especially found the author's literary erudition, smoothly and artfully folded into the story, a joy to read. Lawrence has a great opportunity to build on this protagonist. Please do give us more from this exciting new author. Joan M. Wipf

omg!!!

Totally cannot stop turning the pages. Beautiful detail, sense of place, rich characterizations. The suspense is understated and pervasive. The feeling of a breakthrough seems to wait around each NYC corner. I'm getting copies for everyone in my family. Best mystery I've read in years. Who is this C. E. Lawrence?

Brilliantly unnerving!

"Silent Screams" puts writers like Michael Connolly to shame ... it is SO much better! Understand, you must want to read novels about serial killers, which is normally not my choice. But I've read Connolly and Dennis Lehane because I've been both an Edgar and Nero Award judge for many, many years .. and C. E. Lawrence's "Silent Screams" far surpasses everything I've read till now. Its protagonist, supposedly NYC's first police department criminal profiler, is both likable and deeply sympathetic. Even the killer, y clept, enlists a certain amount of reader sympathy or, at least, understanding ... but when the mystery and the suspense seem ready to climax, the author gives the reader a shakeup so perfectly logical that one declares -- albeit sheepishly -- "Of course!!!" "Silent Screams" is the work of a writer with true skill in plotting and characterization. If this kind of harrowing experience is "your thing," get hold of it immediately!!! Marvin Kaye [...]

A Page Turner

Very well done thriller. I enjoyed the twist at the end. Never saw it coming. I highly recommend and I look forward to the book she is working on that will come out in 2010.