The Poison Artist by Jonathan Moore

The Poison Artist by Jonathan Moore

"An electrifying read . . . I haven't read anything so terrifying since Red Dragon." -- Stephen King



"Magnificent, thoroughly unnerving . . . I dare you to look away." -- Justin Cronin

 

Caleb Maddox is a San Francisco toxicologist studying the chemical effects of pain. He's out drinking after a bad breakup when a hauntingly seductive woman sits down at his side. He talks to Emmeline over absinthe, but their encounter is fleeting. She brushes her lips on his ear and disappears. He must find her. As Caleb scours the city, he begins helping the city's medical examiner with a serial-murder investigation. Soon the search for the killer entwines with Caleb's hunt for Emmeline, and the closer he gets to each, the more dangerous his world becomes. "A wicked mix of Poe, The Silence of the Lambs, and Vertigo,"* The Poison Artist spins a thrilling tale of obsession, damage, a man unmoored by an unspeakable past, and a woman who offers the ultimate escape.

 

"A totally new take on the mystery-thriller genre . . . Fresh and unpredictable. The writing is top-notch . . . Grade: A." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

 

"Genuinely scary, in the very best way, and nastily twisty, also in the very best way . . . Hypnotic." -- Guardian

 

* William Landay

An award winning playwright, Jonathan Moore has written eleven stage plays since his play Treatment was first performed at The Edinburgh Festival. Subsequent performances have taken place at the Gate theatre, the Donmar, London, and a BBC Film version starring Moore and Gabriel Byrne. This powerful and angrily poetic play was acclaimed as one of the most disturbing and exhilarating plays in London (Mark Lawson, The Independent). He has recently finished the second draft of a new play commission. He has written as well for TV, film and the BBC, and several texts for contemporary opera for major British and International Opera Houses. At the beginning of his career, Jonathan was the recipient of an Arts Council Bursary as Writer In Residence at The Albany Empire, the community theatre in Deptford, South East London. He worked with local writers in developing new scripts. Moore's plays have been performed at the Donmar, Gate Theatre, the Almeida (opera text), Royal Exchange, and the Edinburgh Festival. He is the recipient of numerous commissions, including a National Theatre commission. He wrote several episodes of Crown Court for Granada TV, Treatment, a BBC Film, and the libretto for Horse Opera a Western filmed opera shot in Tucson, Arizona for Channel 4 with music by Stewart Copeland.

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ISBN 13	9780544811829
ISBN 10	0544811828
Title	The Poison Artist
Author	Jonathan Moore
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Mariner Books
Year published	2016-12-06
Number of pages	304
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.