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Written on May 1, 2007
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In Deviant Ways, Chris Mooney unleashes a blistering portrait of violence sure to leave readers gasping. Beginning with a shocking murder scene that reverberates chillingly throughout the novel, Mooney's pitch-perfect narrative -- punctuated with one shockingly violent and unpredictable twist after another -- spotlights two brilliant minds locked in a high-stakes duel.At the heart of Deviant Ways is a fragile former FBI profiler whose life was shattered by a psychopath. Jack Casey has started over as a detective in a posh shoreline community outside Boston. That's where the Sandman finds him. The Sandman is killing not just one person at a time, but whole families and whole neighborhoods, unleashing one shattering explosion after another, and watching the horror unfold on a network of sophisticated hidden cameras. The Sandman knows everything about his victims. And he knows everything about Jack Casey -- including how to hurt him most.In crafting a story that is disturbing, unforgettable, and electrifying from first page to last, Chris Mooney catapults Deviant Ways into suspense fiction's highest ranks.