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It begins with a shocking, unsolved murder. In small town in southern Illinois, the butchered body of Linda Balfour--with a cryptic code printed in blood on the back of her head--forges a gruesome link to the brutal murder of Bishop Rushman, the beloved Chicago clergyman who had been dismembered years before by the angelic-looking altar boy, Aaron Stampler. The same Aaron Stampler whom defense attorney Martin Vail saved from the electric chair...
Now Vail is Chicago's chief prosecutor, facing the nightmare of his life. If Stampler has been locked away in a high-security institution for the past ten years, how could he have killed Linda Balfour? Then another altar boy turns up dead with a similar inscription in blood on the back of his head. If Aaron Stampler isn't committing these killings, who is? Martin Vail's career--maybe even his life--hangs on the answer...
Now Vail is Chicago's chief prosecutor, facing the nightmare of his life. If Stampler has been locked away in a high-security institution for the past ten years, how could he have killed Linda Balfour? Then another altar boy turns up dead with a similar inscription in blood on the back of his head. If Aaron Stampler isn't committing these killings, who is? Martin Vail's career--maybe even his life--hangs on the answer...
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I rediscovered William Diehl when I was interviewing for an editorial position here at Ballantine. In researching Ballantine authors, I came across the book 'Primal Fear'. While I had loved the movie, I had not read the book and had no idea that there were two sequels ('Show of Evil' and 'Reign in Hell') featuring the enigmatic Aaron Stampler and Martin Vail characters. I bought all three books on the spot and spent a wonderful weekend immersed in the cat and mouse game between attorney and killer. After completing the trilogy, I fell in love with Bill Diehl on the spot---my only disappointment was in discovering that he wasn't planning on any future novels featuring Vail (who he had actually killed off in his original draft of 'Reign in Hell').
By reading all three of the books within a short period, I was able to see the metamorphosis of the characters over their lifespan: The maturation of Vail as he moved from the role of defense attorney, to prosecutor, and finally to Attorney General; and the increasingly cunning psychosis of Stampler, who evolved from an angry youth guilty of a vengeful murder into a revolutionary zealot with the lives of hundreds in his hands.
Unlike a lot of sequels that just rehash a similar series of events with a few minute changes, this one takes all of your assumptions and turns them upside down, resulting in a completely unexpected read.
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By reading all three of the books within a short period, I was able to see the metamorphosis of the characters over their lifespan: The maturation of Vail as he moved from the role of defense attorney, to prosecutor, and finally to Attorney General; and the increasingly cunning psychosis of Stampler, who evolved from an angry youth guilty of a vengeful murder into a revolutionary zealot with the lives of hundreds in his hands.
Unlike a lot of sequels that just rehash a similar series of events with a few minute changes, this one takes all of your assumptions and turns them upside down, resulting in a completely unexpected read.
William Diehl is the author of the bestsellers Sharky's Machine, Thai Horse, Hooligans, Chameleon, 27, and Primal Fear. He lives on St. Simons Island, Georgia, with his wife, Virginia Gunn, and his daughter, Temple.
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