Roadside Crosses

The investigative agent who pursued a terrifyingly elusive killer—and stormed national bestseller lists—in The Sleeping Doll, Kathryn Dance returns in a new blockbuster from the “ingeniously devious” ( People ) Jeffery Deaver!
    ROADSIDE CROSSES
    Chosen as a Hot Summer Thriller on TheDailyBeast.com!
    “ Roadside Crosses is a gripping story peopled with memorable characters. No surprise. Jeffery Deaver is grand master of the ticking-clock thriller.”
    —Kathy Reichs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of 206 Bones
    “The techno-savvy Deaver is too much the master gamesman to scold anyone else for a little excessive play, and in some brilliant plot maneuvers he counters every warning about warrior bloggers and glassy-eyed gamers with well-reasoned arguments in their defense. . . . Like his best players, he has one of those puzzle-loving minds you just can’t trust.”
    —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
    “Expert and devious plotting. . . . [A] surprise-filled Kathryn Dance novel.”
    — Publishers Weekly
    “Deaver’s got the world of social networking and blogs down cold. . . . That dose of realism adds a fresh, contemporary edge. . . . Intricate plot twists. . . . The perfect book for a quiet summer afternoon where a little relaxation—accompanied, naturally, by a jolt of suspense—is the order of the day.”
    —David Montgomery, TheDailyBeast.com
    This title is also available from Simon & Schuster Audio
    “A clever and twisted tale. . . . The web sites mentioned throughout are actual live links and add to the fun. . . . [A series with] unlimited potential.”
    — Library Journal
    “Tightly constructed, suspenseful. . . . Deaver, perhaps more than any other crime writer, is able to fool even the most experienced readers with his right-angle turns. . . . An excellent entry in what promises to be a series as popular as his Lincoln Rhyme novels.”
    — Booklist
    Be sure to read the first Kathryn Dance novel—the pulse-pounding New York Times bestseller
    THE SLEEPING DOLL
    “[An] intricately plotted thriller. . . . A dazzling mental contest.”
    —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
    “The chase is on, and so are the surprises.”
    — Sacramento Bee
    Also from Jeffery Deaver—lose yourself in his acclaimed bestseller
    THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND
    2009 “Best Novel of the Year” Award winner from the International Thriller Writers organization
    “A tour de force . . . . The suspense never flags. . . . Deaver has no rivals in the realm of sneaky plot twists.”
    — Kirkus Reviews
    “The pace is terrific, the suspense inexorable. . . .”
    — The Guardian (U.K.)
    “Deaver is such a good puppet master that he makes us believe whatever he wants us to believe . . . without telling us a single lie. . . . It’s not until we’re well more than halfway through the book that we even begin to suspect that we might have made some dangerous mistakes . . . but by then, it’s way too late, and we are completely at Deaver’s mercy.”
    — Booklist (starred review)
    “Hurtles along at 100 m.p.h. . . . An edge-of-the-seat read.”
    — Sunday Express (U.K.), 4 stars
    “He makes the characters live and breathe. . . . Read this and no country walk will ever be the same again.”
    — Daily Express (U.K.)
    “Not just an adrenaline-charged manhunt but a game of deception and multiple double-cross that keeps the reader guessing right up to the final page.”
    — The Times (London)
    Jeffery Deaver “stokes our paranoia” ( Entertainment Weekly ) with a heart-pounding bestseller of identity theft—featuring investigator Lincoln Rhyme
    THE BROKEN WINDOW
    “Riveting. . . . This is one scary novel. Everything in it seems as plausible and easy as buying a purse on eBay.”
    — The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    “Unnerving . . . An Orwellian nightmare.”
    — The New York Times
    “Scary, scary. . . . What Deaver reveals about data mining is terrifying.”
    — San Jose Mercury News

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Author’s Note
    One theme of this novel is the blurring of the line between the “synthetic world”—the online life—and the real world. Accordingly, if you happen to come across a