Valentine - Softcover

Savage, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451409787 ISBN 13: 9780451409782

Publisher: Onyx, 2001

Synopsis

Believing she has it all in a successful writing career, an attentive lover, and lots of friends, Jillian Talbot is stalked by a secret admirer who calls himself Valentine and who is hunting her down as the holiday approaches. Reissue. (A Warner Bros. Pictures film, directed by Jamie Blanks, starring Denise Richards & David Boreanaz) (Suspense)

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Savage is the author of three previous thrillers, including Precipice, Valentine, and The Inheritance (all available from Signet). He lives in New York City, where he divides his time between writing and working at Murder Ink, the world's oldest mystery bookstore. He is at work on a new novel.

From Publishers Weekly:

Though laden with gimmicks (murders that take place on St. Valentine's Day; a killer who slays by means of the ancient elements of fire, earth, wind and water), Savage's second thriller is a pleasurably crafty yarn, albeit not quite the puzzle box that his debut, Precipice, was. Bestselling mystery author Jillian Talbot is on top of the world: she has money, fame, a terrific lover, a baby on the way and a great best friend. Then she starts getting mysterious-and soon nasty-messages from an unknown "Valentine." Eventually, Jillian learns that she's being stalked by ex-college classmate Victor Dimorta, whose expulsion from Hartley College, prompted by a cruel Valentine's Day prank, sent him back to his abusive parents, whom he then killed. Now Victor is on parole from a mental hospital. After listening devices are found in Jillian's apartment, and after she finds out that the three women who pulled the prank-Victor mistakenly considers her a fourth-have each died or disappeared on the three preceding Valentine Days, she flees to a writers' retreat far out on Long Island. The subsequent bloody climax is a bit unlikely, but Savage tells his story smoothly-and the trail of red herrings he scatters as he does so is truly awesome. (Feb.) ~ FYI: When not writing, Savage works at Manhattan's Murder Ink, the world's oldest mystery book store.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Onyx
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0451409787
• ISBN 13: 9780451409782
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 448