Mary Willis Walker – författare

When crime reporter Molly Cates’s father died more than twenty-five years ago, the case was ruled a suicide, and Molly’s efforts to prove otherwise led to nothing but anguish and the breakup of her family. But now new information has come her way and she reopens the investigation–and a rush of old wounds–with a vengeance. Soon the personal becomes dangerously political as Molly’s search for the truth leads her from the stately halls of Texas government to the mean streets of Austin’s down-and-out–and ultimately to a moral dilemma she never could have anticipated.From the Paperback edition.

The author and heroine of The Red  Scream return in a novel so terrifying, so  filled with squirming suspense, it''s bound for the  bestseller lists. When Kirkus  Reviews greeted Mary Willis Walker''s last book,  The Red Scream, with "welcome  to the big time," they weren''t kidding. That  novel established Walker as an author with  "the kind of clout that sets publishers'' mouths  watering" (The Philadelphia  Inquirer). And now she has done it again, with an  unforgettable tale ripped from the headlines and  more terrifying than our worst nightmares. Kidnapped  by a cult of religious fanatics, an Austin school  bus driver and eleven of his young charges have  been held underground at the group''s highly  fortified compound for forty-six days. While a team of  federal negotiators begins to lose all hope of  rescuing the hostages, crime reporter Molly Cates sets  outto discover everything she can about the cult''s  iron-willed leader, Samuel Mordecai. And as  the clock ticks inexorably, she takes the role of  Clarisse Starling opposite Mordecai''s Hannibal Lecter,  engaging in a psychological confrontation as  harrowing as any in The Silence Of  The Lambs. Tough, terrifying, and relentlessly  heart-wrenching, this is a novel whose images no reader will  ever forget.

Texas-based crime reporter Molly Cates has just  published her first book, describing the  blood-curdling exploits of serial killer Louie Bronk. Now on  death row, Louie''s sentence is about to be carried  out. Molly will be there as a witness, and she  wants to write about it--the final coda to Louie''s  story. But suddenly, she''s being strongly  discouraged by her boss at the Lone Star  Monthly and by Charlie McFarland, the millionaire  real estate developer whose first wife, Tiny, was  Bronk''s most famous victim--and the only one whose  murder is a capital offense. Then Molly starts to  receive dark hints that Louie may not have killed  Tiny after all. There is another murder following  Louis''s M.O.--one he could not have committed.  The veracity of Molly''s book is threatened--and then  her very life. Caught between a rock and a hard  place, Molly realizes that by attempting to save  Louis she is putting her own life on the line, and  discrediting her own work. Mary Willis Walker brings  a lusty new voice to the mystery scene. Already  recognized for her first novel, she has now created  a character just cheeky and gusty enough to take  her place among the top ranks of female  protagonists such as Kinsey Millhone and Kay Scarpetta.

När Charlie McFarlands andra fru Georgia blir mördad är det kriminalreporter Molly Cates som hittar henne. Mordet är skrämmande likt det som inträffade för 11 år sedan – då Charlies första fru Tiny mördades. Men Tinys mördare Louie Bronk har erkänt och sitter i dödscellen i väntan på att avrättas. Strax före avrättningen tar Louie plötsligt tillbaka sitt erkännande. Molly börjar tvivla på hans skuld och kan inte låta bli att försöka ta reda på sanningen. Men tiden rinner ifrån henne, Louie Bronk blir avrättad och för sent förstår Molly vem mördaren är. Eftersom mördaren är så säker på sin seger får Molly till sist veta sanningen om de båda morden – frågan är hur hon nu själv ska kunna undkomma.Fler böcker i serien om Molly Cates av Mary Willis Walker: Under skalbaggens bo, … och döda ligger ner.