Andrew Klavan

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Andrew Klavan

Man and Wife

Hunting down Amanda

The Uncanny

Don't Say a Word

Writing as Keith Peterson

by Andrew Klavan

About the Author

Bibliography

First British Edition Little,Brown (2002)

Man and Wife

`Maybe if I had loved her less there would have been no murder.’

Psychiatrist Cal Bradley is living the good life. A man of decency and integrity, he is loved by his children, respected by his patients, and has a marriage that is the stuff of romance. For fifteen years he - has shared his life with Marie, a sweet, simple woman whom he passionately adores.
Then one evening, a troubled teenager named Peter Blue unleashes a night of madness that will change Cal’s life forever. After a blazing argument with his girlfriend, Peter strikes her in fury, sets a local church on fire and pulls a gun on the town’s hard-boiled police chief - a man unlikely to forgive or forget.
Facing prison, suicidal with despair, Peter is sent to Cal Bradley for treatment. For the patient, it’s a last chance at redemption. For the doctor, it’s the beginning of a journey into a world of fear, deception and murder.
Because Cal soon realises that Peter is an extraordinary, almost visionary young man. And bizarrely, the boy’s strange and beautiful dreams seem to hold clues to the hidden truths of Cal’s reality. As Cal is drawn into Peter’s weird inner universe, he begins to uncover secrets about his own life- the kind of dark secrets that can only have the deadliest consequences…

First British Edition Little,Brown (1999)

Hunting down Amanda
On a cold, lonely night in New York, Lonnie Blake, widower and desolate jazz musician takes comfort in the arms of Carol, a beautiful woman who has flung herself into his doorway to escape an unknown attacker. For that one night, Carol gives Blake everything he needs: sex, companionship and, above all, compassion. In the morning she is gone, leaving no trace, just emptiness and longing. Blake cannot forget her, for Carol has got under his skin and stirred his soul. He also knows he has to see her again - but what he doesn't know is that his attempt to find her will draw him into a deadly chase.
Because Carol has a secret too valuable to keep and too incredible to tell, a secret that centres on her daughter Amanda. And the men who want the answers from her will stop at nothing until they get them. Lonnie Blake's search for love is about to turn into a desperate journey, a life-or-death effort to discover Carol's secret and avoid the ruthless killers who are only half a step behind …
'Powerful and dark… A plot-twisting, nail-biting novel noir that defines edge-of-the-chair suspense' Faye Kellerman
`This is one of those books that you can’t leave alone… miss this one and miss a terrific read’ Independent On Sunday
Praise for True Crime
'As shamelessly thrilling as a rollercoaster' Observer
'A gripping page-turner' Time Out
'Andrew Klavan's new novel is impressive. The narration is coolly detached, immensely detailed and totally convincing. Every character is brought to life' Sunday Telegraph
'The minutiae of the execution process is both repellent and gripping; and the tension is superbly placed' Sunday Times
'In Andrew Klavan's deft hands, we get a brilliant, nail-biting, rollercoaster of a novel that grips tight as the restraints on an electric chair' Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News

First British Edition Little,Brown (1998)

The Uncanny
A love stronger than death
A mystery older than time
The ominous and melancholy ruins of an ancient abbey ... A silent, cowled spectre moving with awful majesty among the headstones ... A persistent, rhythmic, spine-chilling sound ... From the bestselling author of the award-winning True Crime comes a reinvention of the classic ghost story.
Richard Storm is a producer of Hollywood horror films, inspired by the classic British ghost stories he has always loved. Now, with his life beginning to unravel, he has come to England on a desperate quest: to find evidence that the great old stories contain an element of truth, that the human spirit lives on after death, that in this all too-material world there still may be a reason to believe.
But his search uncovers more than he bargained for: Sophia Endering, haunted, beautiful, mysterious, as dangerous to herself as she is to those who love her. Harper Albright, eccentric, pipe-smoking editor of Bizarre! magazine, whose investigations into the paranormal disguise her deadly pursuit of an age-old evil. And Saint Iago, unspeakable, whose acts of cruelty may well transcend not only the imagination but the laws of nature.
Richard Storm's nightmares are about to step down off the screen into real life. He is about to begin a journey - down a trail formed by the classic ghost stories themselves - through his deepest passions and his darkest fears, to a secret over a thousand years old which lies at the very heart of the uncanny.
Full of gothic atmosphere and palpable tension, The Uncanny is a breathtaking blend of Hollywood-style excitement and literary tour de force. Andrew Klavan has won two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, and the Thumping Good Read Award from WH Smith. Born in New York City, he was a newspaper and radio journalist before turning to writing full time. In 1992, he moved to London, where he still lives with his wife and two children. The Uncanny is his first novel set in the UK.
'Klavan, cackling all the while, demonstrates again that his ability to make a genre his own is simply ... uncanny' Publishers Weekly

Don't Say a Word
Shh!
Quiet!
They're listening to us
They've wired the flat
They're wathchin us
Hidden cameras
We can't go out
Unless they say so
Because ...
Because they'll hurt her
They've got our little Jessica...
Shh! Remember what they told us:
DON'T SAY A WORD
Or else…

'Deeply impressive. Absolutely compelling about its understanding of the criminal mind' Literary Review
'Disturbingly nasty.' Sunday Express
'Pure evil… a brilliantly efficient thriller' Time Out

About The Author
Andrew Klavan has won two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, and the Thumping Good Read Award from WH Smith. Born in New York City, he was a newspaper and radio journalist before turning to writing full time. In 1992, he moved to London, where he still lives with his wife and two children. The Uncanny is his first novel set in the UK.
Andrew Klavan also writes as Keith Peterson.

Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Man and Wife (Little,Brown, 2002)

Hunting down Amanda (Little,Brown, 1999)

The Uncanny (Little,Brown, 1998) Warner Pbk May 99

Agnes Mallory

Corruption

True Crime (Warner)

Don't Say a Word

The Animal Hour