Red, Red Robin by Stephen Gallagher (First Edition) Signed

Stephen Gallagher

ISBN 10: 0593038037 / ISBN 13: 9780593038031

Published by Bantam Press, London, 1995

About this Item

Red, Red Robin by Stephen Gallagher (First Edition) Signed Tight copy. Very minor bump to corner. Otherwise square. Sharp jacket. Minor shelf wear. First edition. Black copy with gold gilt. 366 pages. Includes offer for money back if reader does not encounter "Nerve-rattling suspense.".

Seller Inventory # HCX20767-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Red, Red Robin by Stephen Gallagher (First Edition) Signed
• Publisher: Bantam Press, London
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593038037
• ISBN 13: 9780593038031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: BOOK
• Seller catalogs:
  • Adventure

About this title

Synopsis

Beneath Tim Hagan's polite veneer lies a rage as deep as the ocean. He needs a woman to save him from his gruesome past--and those who fail become part of it. And now, as Ruth Lasseter unwittingly becomes a part of the picture. She will penetrate the very heart of Tim's madness, and find herself irrevocably locked in a chilling dance to the death. Ballantine.

From Publishers Weekly

British writer Gallagher (Nightmare, with Angel) has written a smashing serial-killer thriller that embraces all the conventions of the genre while adding several page-turning twists and subtexts of its own. When, in order to protect her married lover, Ruth Lasseter uses an escort service to employ a companion, Tim Hagan, for a company event, it comes as no surprise to the reader that the hired help turns out to be serious trouble. But Ruth isn't your standard damsel in distress. She's a resident British alien working for a Philadelphia publisher, emotionally stressed enough to discuss her plans with her imaginary child but strong enough to flaunt her too-young escort in a corporate setting. Even after the Hagan reveals his true nature and she and security guard Aidan Kincannon foil his plans for her in a struggle that leads to the madman's presumed death, Ruth continues to be haunted by the young man, and delves into his past. As she discovers, Hagan may not be dead, and may not be the man everyone assumes him to be. And, as she uncovers the macabre and unsettling story of his childhood, Ruth finds herself pushing away Aidan and anyone else who might help her regain her emotional equilibrium. The final, inevitable showdown between a killer driven by inescapable demons and a woman who seeks understanding as much as revenge proves as powerful as the promise that Gallagher has built up, page upon gripping page of this compelling, unusually sensitive chiller. Mystery Guild and Doubleday Book Club selections; Literary Guild alternate.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.