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Shut Your Eyes Tight

John Verdon author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:16th Feb '12

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John Verdon returns with Shut Your Eyes Tight, the second book by in the David Gurney series.

Once a cop. Always a cop . . .
Ex-NYPD detective Dave Gurney is supposed to be retired. But people with problems keep knocking on his door. Like the police, for instance, who are baffled by a gruesome murder they just can't seem to solve.

A young bride has been killed in the middle of her own wedding reception. The prime suspect - her new husband's Mexican gardener - is missing. As is the murder weapon - likely a machete - used to decapitate the bride.

The police have drawn a blank. It's as if the killer has vanished into thin air. But when Gurney begins his investigations, he finds that a baffling murder is just the latest of many sadistic crimes committed by an individual who'll do anything to avoid capture.

Following the success of Think of a Number, John Verdon's stunning follow-up novel, Shut Your EyesTight is just as scintillating. Fans of Tess Gerritsen and James Hayman will love this series.

Praise for John Verdon:
'The best thriller I've read in a long, long time' Tess Gerritsen
'Wow! Totally absorbing, brilliantly written. The best book I've read this year' The Sun

John Verdon, a former Manhattan advertising executive, lives with his wife on a small hilltop in upstate New York. His first two Dave Gurney novels are Think of a Number and Shut Your Eyes Tight.

Wow! Totally absorbing, brilliantly written. The best book I've read this year * Sun *
Astonishingly accomplished * Daily Mail *
Brainy and well-written . . . a remarkable debut * Sunday Times *

ISBN: 9780141048710

Dimensions: 199mm x 136mm x 37mm

Weight: 400g

592 pages