Split Image

Ron Faust

ISBN 10: 1630264245 / ISBN 13: 9781630264246

Published by Turner Publishing Company, US, 2014

About this Item

"Faust . . . has crafted a tidy Hitchcockian tale that will be widely enjoyed." -Library JournalA man brutally murders another in a peculiar hunting incident-and then proceeds to assume his persona, his life, and his wife.When a petty argument with an arrogant stranger deep in a Wisconsin forest over who killed a deer escalates to murder, playwright Andrew Neville's life becomes a tangled web of deceit-and self-deception. Back in hometown Chicago, Neville attends the funeral of the man he's murdered and meets his widow, Claudia, and her 3-year-old son. Neville gradually insinuates himself into the widow's confidence and conceives a plan to seize the victim's life-his wife, his son, his work, his wealth, and even his persona and appearance. Neville will become he man he killed. It appears nothing can stop him-except the obnoxious Chicago PI who's determined to prove that Neville and Claudia murdered her husband together.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Split Image
• Publisher: Turner Publishing Company, US
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1630264245
• ISBN 13: 9781630264246
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

"Faust . . . has crafted a tidy Hitchcockian tale that will be widely enjoyed." —Library JournalA man brutally murders another in a peculiar hunting incident—and then proceeds to assume his persona, his life, and his wife.When a petty argument with an arrogant stranger deep in a Wisconsin forest over who killed a deer escalates to murder, playwright Andrew Neville’s life becomes a tangled web of deceit—and self-deception. Back in hometown Chicago, Neville attends the funeral of the man he’s murdered and meets his widow, Claudia, and her 3-year-old son. Neville gradually insinuates himself into the widow’s confidence and conceives a plan to seize the victim’s life—his wife, his son, his work, his wealth, and even his persona and appearance. Neville will become he man he killed. It appears nothing can stop him—except the obnoxious Chicago PI who’s determined to prove that Neville and Claudia murdered her husband together.

About the Author

RON FAUST is the author of fourteen previous thrillers. He has been praised for his “rare and remarkable talent” (Los Angeles Times), and several of his books have been optioned for films. Before he began writing, he played professional baseball and worked at newspapers in Colorado Springs, San Diego, and Key West.