The House of Love and Death by Andrew Klavan

The House of Love and Death by Andrew Klavan

Instant USA Today Bestseller
In the newest entry in the bestselling Cameron Winter series, the ex-spy-turned-English professor defies accepted narratives and corrupt local authorities to investigate the murder of a wealthy family in the Chicago suburbs.


Cameron Winter is known for having a sense about crime. His background as a spy trained his mind--and his body--for action, and his current role as an English professor gives him a sharp understanding of human nature. But beyond that, he was born with a "strange habit of mind"--the ability to recreate detailed crime scenes in his imagination and dissect the motives and encounters that produced them. And after reading a puzzling news story about a wealthy family killed in a small town in the Chicago suburbs, he can't resist the chance to apply this deductive power in the pursuit of justice for the victims.

Three members of the family, along with their live-in nanny, were pulled from their burning mansion, already dead from gunshot wounds. The only survivor is a young boy whose memory of the event raises more questions than answers. The police seem happy to settle on a simple explanation and arrest the most obvious suspect--but Winter knows that obvious solutions are seldom the correct ones, and all too often hide a darker truth.

While Winter's investigation is welcomed by many who knew the victims, the lead detective makes it clear he not only wants Winters to stop looking for answers, but to stay out of his town altogether. Winter begins to understand why as he slowly uncovers crimes and unsavory behavior that had been ignored long before the killings, and in the process grows increasingly determined to find the real killer and expose the rot beneath the town's sanitized façade. And as the inquiry brings all-too-familiar sins to the surface, he'll have to confront his own inner demons once and for all.

Insightful and atmospheric, The House of Love and Death is a penetrating mystery with a plot that cuts straight to the dark heart of some of modern America's most pressing issues.

Klavan, Andrew: - Edgar Award-winning, and New York Times Best Selling, author Andrew Klavan is the author of 25 novels, including such bestsellers as Empire of Lies, Killer in the Wind, and True Crime, adapted into a film by Clint Eastwood, and Don't Say a Word, adapted into a film starring Michael Douglas. His most recent works include Nightmare City, and Killer in the Wind, which was recently named one of Suspense Magazine's Best Books of 2013. His novels have been nominated for the Edgar Award five times, winning the award three times. In addition to his thrillers, Andrew has also written a The Homelanders series of books for young adults, as well as Klavan is a contributing editor to City Journal and his essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, among other places, and maintains a popular blog at PJ Media. He lives in Southern California.

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ISBN 13	9781613164464
ISBN 10	1613164467
Title	The House of Love and Death
Author	Andrew Klavan
Series	Cameron Winter Mysteries
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penzler Publishers
Year published	2023-11-17
Number of pages	312
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.