Blood Memory

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'Iles's way of telling the story lifts him clear of the pack into a different league' (Observer) in this masterful psychological serial killer thriller from the New York Times No.1 bestseller. Some memories live deep in the soul, waiting to be resurrected... He kills like an animal, but the bite marks on his victims are unmistakably human... In the suffocating heat of a New Orleans summer, forensic expert Cat Ferry is called on by the FBI to investigate a series of brutal murders. Cat has seen some terrible crimes over the years, though none so horrific or apparently random as these. Called on by the FBI to investigate serial murders, Cat has seen some terrible crimes over the years, but none as horrific or apparently random as the sequence of brutal slayings that confront her now. Plagued by nightmares and panic attacks, Cat returns to her Mississippi hometown. But something associated with this case is calling out to her. Something rooted in the dark recesses of her memory. Someone from the past, who wants Cat to remember what time has allowed her to forget...

Greg Iles has spent most of his life in Natchez, Mississippi. His first novel, Spandau Phoenix, was the first of seventeen New York Times bestsellers. His Natchez Burning trilogy continued the story of Penn Cage, the protagonist of The Quiet Game, Turning Angel, and #1 New York Times bestseller The Devil's Punchbowl. Iles's novels have been made into films and published in more than thirty-five countries. He is a member of the lit-rock group The Rock Bottom Remainders, lives in Natchez with his wife, and has three children.

Praise for Greg Iles: 'A scorching read' John Grisham 'Iles is a phenomenal thriller writer' Independent on Sunday 'An engrossing page-turning ride' Jeffery Deaver 'A rarity. A thriller that really thrills' Stephen King 'Alarming, believable, and utterly consuming' Dan Brown 'Splendidly creepy ... compulsive' Daily Telegraph 'An incredible web of intrigue and suspense, an avalanche of action from first page to last' Clive Cussler