Writing as
Keith Peterson
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October 1997 The Trapdoor 31 July 1997 There Fell A Shadow 28 August 1997 About the Author Bibliography Andrew Klavan
Writing as
Keith Peterson
The Rain 02
October 1997
The Trapdoor 31 July 1997
There Fell A Shadow 28 August 1997
About the Author
Bibliography
The Rain
Mayforth Kendrick III had something to sell: photographs.
Bedroom photographs. The man was running for the Senate. But this was no campaign material
- not undressed like that. And the only thing the woman had that wasn't tied up was her
vote. Not the stuff for a family newspaper like the New York Star. John Wells refused the
deal. Which turned out to be a professional mistake when Mayforth Kendrick III, small-time
sleaze, was found with a hole through his forehead and John Wells had to face the Men in
Suits who wanted to know why their ace reporter had missed out on the biggest story in
town. He had one card left to play - the girl - but only one week to play it in.
'Andrew Klavan is totally original' Jonathan
Kellerman
The Trapdoor
John Wells, New York Star. Ace crime reporter and journalistic
dinosaur. Refusing to trade in his battered manual for a work processor, or his
old-fashioned ethics for a flashy headline. A man at odds with his new editor, who's
learnt the business at journo-school. Whose one bright editorial idea is to send John
Wells upstate, off the crime beat, to cover a local story about teen suicide. A simple act
of sadism, since Wells is still haunted by his own daughter's suicide. Wells grits his
teeth, takes his typewriter and his professionalism, and sets to work in his dogged way.
And discovers that nothing in Grant County is what it seems, and that what looks like
suicide might just turn out to be murder.
'Andrew Klavan is the most original American
novelist of crime and suspense' Stephen King
There Fell
A Shadow
Years ago, in a war-torn jungle, war correspondent Timothy
Colt lost his love. This morning in Manhattan, he lost his life. John Wells, ace crime
reporter, was the only witness. And only witness is a dangerous thing to be. Professional
killer and professional reporter stalk each other on the streets: because the veteran
newsman is a hunter too, determined to track the truth about Colt's enigmatic past while
there is still time. But although the killer has a flesh-and-blood target, Wells has to
find and confront a shadow from the past: the woman missionary Colt had loved. A dead
man's obsession who holds the key to a living man's survival.
'Intricately plotted, dripping with atmosphere'
Reginald Hill
About The Author
Andrew Klavan, a former newspaper and radio reporter, is a
two-time winner of the Edgar Award, one for The Rain, the third of the Keith Peterson
titles. Under his own name, he is the author of Don't Say a Word, Animal Hour, Corruption,
and, most recently, True Crime, which won the W.H.Smith 'Thumping Good Read' Award. He
lives in London with his wife and two children, and spends summers in Sharon, Connecticut.
