num_pages: 400
description: In 1972, on the day of his sentencing, renowned artist and serial killer Marsden Hexcamp is shot dead in the courtroom by a mysterious veiled woman. Members of his Mansonesque band of followers are imprisoned or simply disappear...Decades later, a suspected prostitute is found murdered in a candlelit motel room, the first in a series of horrors suggesting that Hexcamp’s art remains alive and treacherous. Following a trail of beautiful - and profoundly disturbing - artwork, homicide detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus descend into the shocking world of the Death Collectors, people who spend vast sums to collect serial-killer memorabilia.Like the unforgettable characters Jack Kerley creates, The Death Collectors will haunt readers long after the last page.
language: English
title: The Death Collectors
titlecomplete: The Death Collectors (Carson Ryder, #2)
genres: Thriller, Crime, Suspense, Horror, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Action, Murder Mystery
ratings_count: 1602
series: Carson Ryder
publisher: Berkley