description: The Barnes &amp; Noble ReviewLawrence Block's powerful stand-alone thriller, set in ultra-realistic, postSeptember 11th New York City, offers readers some fascinating perspectives on big-city life, intertwined with the chilling story of a serial killer wreaking his unique form of mayhem in the Big Apple. This is a novel that looks past the faceless crowds to the personal connections that link people in cities, just as they do those in small towns. Connections between people are a writer's stock in trade, but writer John Creighton learns that they can mean big trouble (as well as potential big bucks) when chance connections lead to accusations of murder -- and worse. As a driven killer carves a deadly path to a glory no one else can see, the lives of dozens of people caught up in his web of terror are changed forever. And, as this complex and compelling tale unfolds, the victims, witnesses, and investigators in the story become more and more real to us: a janitor trying to clean up his life, a gallery owner with a reckless streak, an expolice commissioner with a taste for power politics, plus detectives and deviants, attorneys and agents, publishing pros and prostitutes -- a compelling mix of ordinary and extraordinary people in jeopardy from the anonymous killer who walks among them. Sue Stone
title: Small Town
titlecomplete: Small Town
genres: Fiction, Crime, Murder Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Drama, Detective, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, New York
ratings_count: 1164
publisher: Recorded Books