The Dark Room - by Jonathan Moore (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>"Suspense that never stops. If you like Michael Connelly's novels, you will gobble up Jonathan Moore's <i>The Dark Room</i>." </b>--<b>James Patterson </b> <br>The heart-pounding follow-up to <i>The Poison Artist</i>--called "an electrifying read" by Stephen King--that shows what happens when our deepest secrets are unburied<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><strong>"If you like Michael Connelly's novels, you will gobble up Jonathan Moore's <em>The Dark Room</em><em>.</em>" <br> --James Patterson</strong> <p/> "Channels the moody intensity of Raymond Chandler's crime fiction."--<em>Washington Post</em> <p/> Gavin Cain, an SFPD homicide inspector, is at an exhumation when his phone rings. The mayor is being blackmailed and has ordered Cain back to the city; a helicopter is on its way. The casket, and Cain's cold-case investigation, must wait. <br> At City Hall, the mayor shows Cain four photographs he's received: the first, an unforgettable blonde; the second, pills and handcuffs on a nightstand; the third, the woman drinking from a flask; and last, the woman naked, unconscious, and shackled to a bed. The accompanying letter is straightforward: worse revelations will come unless the mayor takes his own life first. <br> An "electrifying noir thriller,"* <em>The Dark Room</em> tracks Cain as he hunts for the blackmailer, pitching him into the web of destruction and devotion the mayor casts in his shadow. <p/> "With an Edgar Allan Poe feel to it, this book leaves an uncomfortable, indelible impression . . . San Francisco has never been so menacing."--<em>Kirkus, </em>starred review <p/> *<em>Booklist, </em> starred review<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for THE DARK ROOM</b> <b>A <i>Library Journal </i>"Essential Thriller" of January 2017 An iBooks Best Book of January 2017 A <i>Northern Virginia Magazine </i>Best New Release of January 2017</b> "Moore channels the moody intensity of Raymond Chandler's crime fiction and saturates <i>The Dark Room</i> with the brooding cinematic qualities of the mid-20th century's black-and-white film noir genre...<i>The Dark Room</i> will prompt readers unfamiliar with Moore to seek out his other works, including <i>The Poison Artist, </i> which Stephen King describes as electrifying. " -- <i><b>The Washington Post </b></i> "Smart plotting. Nary a false note. Suspense that never stops. If you like Michael Connelly's novels, you will gobble up Jonathan Moore's <i>The Dark Room</i>." --<b>James Patterson </b> "Complex, well-crafted thriller... Moore--an attorney and author of three previous novels, including <i>The Poison Artist</i> and <i>Redheads</i>, which was short-listed for the Bram Stoker Award--infuses the complicated tale with richly detailed forensic facts and procedural expertise that would make [Kathy] Reichs proud. At the same time, he makes a concerted effort to craft characters you can care about." -- <b> BookPage</b> "An engaging and thoroughly contemporary mystery...<i>The Dark Room</i> is a worthy introduction to Moore's work, and will soon have you seeking out his earlier titles (like <i>The Poison Artist</i> or <i>Redheads</i>) while waiting for his next crime novel." -- <b>Bookgasm </b> "Exuding noirish elements and utilizing the city's mean streets to their full, atmospheric effect, <i>The Dark Room</i> oozes dastardly deeds from blackmail to murder - and beyond<i>."</i>--<b><i>The Seattle Review of Books</i></b> <i>"The Dark Room</i> is a complex, edgy, elegant novel that is at once macabre, menacing and mesmerizing. Moore calls this book "the center panel in a triptych" that started with <i>The Poison Artist</i>. The third, <i>The Night Market</i> is scheduled for 2018. I can't wait." -- <b>Open Letters Monthly</b> <i>"The Dark Room</i> is one of those books that when you think you know what happened, it veers directions and plunges into another stream of questions and doubt...[it] will lure you in from the first chapter and then capture your attention until the very last page....a great crime novel that I won't forget anytime soon." -- <b>Latte Nights Reviews</b> "Moore's (The Poison Artist, 2016, etc.) <b>complex and often deeply disturbing crime noir</b> set in the City by the Bay delves into dark subjects and the insidious nature of true evil. Two things happen almost simultaneously to San Francisco Police Inspector Gavin Cain: as he and his newly minted partner, Grassley, stand at the grave of Christopher Hanley, a young boy who died years ago, and watch as the casket is exhumed, following up on a tip, he's summoned to tackle a new challenge. His lieutenant has him flown by helicopter to City Hall to consult with the mayor, Harry Castelli, concerning a series of photographs and a note he received. The photos show a beautiful blonde woman who is clearly terrified, but even more disturbing is the note, which indicates that more photos will come unless Castelli kills himself. Castelli says he doesn't know the woman in the photographs and has no idea why anyone would urge him to commit suicide. Cain and FBI agent Karen Fischer struggle to identify the mysterious and apparently doomed blonde in the black-and-white photos, which they believe were taken 30<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>JONATHAN MOORE is the author of five books. Before completing law school in New Orleans, he was a teacher, a bar owner, a counselor at a wilderness camp for juvenile delinquents, and an investigator for a criminal defense attorney in Washington, DC.
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