The Hidden Bill Pronzini Author
A sequence of seemingly random murders alongside a fifty-mile stretch of the rugged northern California coast, dedicated by an unknown dubbed by the media the Shoreline Killer. A young couple with marital problems, Shelby and Jay Macklin, who resolve to spend the week between Christmas and New 12 months's at a buddy's distant coastal cottage. Two couples in a neighboring home whose relationships are thick with festering menace. A fierce winter storm that leads to a night of unrelenting terror. These are the main elements in Bill Pronzini's chilling and twist-stuffed tale about the hidden nature of crime and its motives.
Routine prose and thin characters mar this stand-alone novel of suspense from MWA Grand Master Pronzini (The Other Facet of Silence). Jay Macklin, who six months earlier misplaced his office manager job, has persuaded his paramedic spouse, Shelby Hunter, to spend a number of days at a friend's remote Northern California cottage, in a last-ditch effort to save their 12-yr-outdated marriage.
At night, in a winter downpour, they've hassle discovering the cottage. On a search for matches after a power failure, the couple drive to a neighbor's home, the place they encounter Brian and Claire Lomax, whose marriage is obviously in more hassle than their own. Jay and Shelby quickly realize Brian physically abuses Claire. When the Coastline Killer, a vigilante who's been focusing on random victims as a result of they do not respect the environment, claims one other victim, the local police consider Jay a suspect. The denouement will depart many readers feeling cheated.
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