Byline: Murder
Cordell Burgess is the writer Jack Mathis has been waiting for - a genius who crafts fiction of gripping intensity and powerful insights. But the young Chicago book editor doesn't even know Burgess's name. The mysterious author lives in a rural farmhouse far from the skyscrapers of the North Loop, mailing in his stories anonymously. When Jack decides to dig a little deeper, he doesn't like what he finds.Burgess is a serial killer. Committing brutal murders inspires him to write his extraordinary fiction. He feels that he has found a kindred spirit in Jack and puts in motion a series of events to lure his unsuspecting editor into a creative partnership, one from which Jack - and those closest to him - may not emerge alive.
How far will Jack go in his desire to own the next Cordell Burgess story... and the next one... and the one after that... ?
"The most frightening novel I've read this year!"
Chris Rickert / Rickert & Beagle Books
Genre: Horror
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