The Dead Room : 9781480074545

Chestnut Hill is one of Philadelphia's most upscale neighborhoods. But in one gleaming home, in a teenager's lavish bedroom, a girl has been brutally murdered.

The atrocity kicks off an investigation by police who connect the girl's murder to a bizarre string of increasingly disturbing murders.

A serial killer is loose-someone of unprecedented savagery.

As the city's panic rises, Teddy Mack, a civil attorney just out of law school, is forced by a partner at his new firm to defend the undefendable.

But soon after, another girl goes missing. A girl who might still be alive. And Teddy discovers something the police never guessed.

The serial killer has a secret. He's collecting something. Something twisted. Something horrific and vile.

To end the madman's reign, Teddy must enter his maze-a place of unimaginable terror where human demons emerge with a vengeance.

Praise for Robert Ellis

"A gripping, spooky crime novel."
-The New York Times "Hot List" Pick, City of Fire

"My kind of crime novel. Gritty, tight, and assured."
-Michael Connelly, City of Fire

"Fast, gruesome, and twisted, like a scary Jodie Foster movie."
-Library Journal, City of Fire

"Scorching. Deliciously twisted."
-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, The Lost Witness

"Ellis serves up a killer crime tale with relentless twists."
-Booklist, Starred Review, The Lost Witness

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