The Maddening by Paul Thaler
2024 Poe Fest International Saturday Visitor Award Winner
A serial killer obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe, a traumatized young woman who survives his horrific violence, and a disgraced detective face off in this dark and devious tale of murder and revenge.
After the accident that takes his parents' lives, young Daemon Ultrecht escapes into the nightmarish stories of Edgar Allan Poe. His obsession intensifies, inking his body with the inhabitants from his mentor's macabre tales-until he becomes Poe, a psychotic killer, penning his own terrifying stories born from the ashes of his murderous deeds. Poe's first victim is 21-year-old Clara Knox, an Irish beauty who survives his sadistic attack, a brutality that scars her body but inflicts even deeper psychological wounds. Driven by rage and revenge, she seeks to destroy the monster that has shattered her life, seducing PJ Bones into her twisted plan. The disgraced former NYPD detective turned best-selling author finds himself helpless against Clara's dives into madness and then her betrayal. The lives of all three converge in chilling fashion as they plunge headlong into the maddening, where there is no escape from the looming destiny that awaits them.
Thaler, Paul: - PAUL THALER is the Director of Journalism and Media at Mercy College in New York, a post he has held since 1982. He was a Fulbright Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Bucharest in 1993. The Watchful Eye is the culmination of five years of research into the media and the criminal justice system. He has been interviewed on Court TV as well as ABC's Nightline with Ted Koppel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781943201815 |
| ISBN 10 | 1943201811 |
| Title | The Maddening |
| Author | Paul Thaler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dark Ink |
| Year published | 2023-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 418 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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