The Kill Room

true; he did appear as a corrupt reporter on his favorite soap opera, As the World Turns.
    He was born outside Chicago and has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University.
    Readers can visit his website at www.jefferydeaver.com .

Also by Jeffery Deaver
    Ice Cold (Short stories, co- editor and contributor)
    Triple Threat (Short stories)
    XO */**
    XO: The Album (Music CD of original songs)
    Carte Blanche , a James Bond Novel
    Edge
    The Burning Wire *
    Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (Editor)
    The Watch List ( The Copper Bracelet and The Chopin Manuscript ) (Contributor)
    Roadside Crosses **
    The Bodies Left Behind
    The Broken Window *
    The Sleeping Doll **
    More Twisted: Collected Stories, Volume Two
    The Cold Moon */**
    The Twelfth Card *
    Garden of Beasts
    Twisted: Collected Stories
    The Vanished Man *
    The Stone Monkey *
    The Blue Nowhere
    The Empty Chair *
    Speaking in Tongues
    The Devil’s Teardrop
    The Coffin Dancer *
    The Bone Collector *
    A Maiden’s Grave
    Praying for Sleep
    The Lesson of Her Death
    Mistress of Justice
    Hard News
    Death of a Blue Movie Star
    Manhattan Is My Beat
    Hell’s Kitchen
    Bloody River Blues
    Shallow Graves
    A Century of Great Suspense Stories (Editor)
    A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime (Editor)
    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Introduction)

    *Featuring Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs
    **Featuring Kathryn Dance

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