The Poison Artist

“An electrifying read . . .?An absolute stunner. I haven’t read anything so terrifying since Red Dragon.” —Stephen King
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“Patient, stylish and incredibly suspenseful.” —Lee Child
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“Exquisite . . .?The shocking, Hitchcock-esque finale make[s] this psychological thriller a must-read.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Caleb Maddox is a San Francisco toxicologist studying the chemical effects of pain. He’s out drinking after a bad breakup when a hauntingly seductive woman sits down at his side. He talks to Emmeline over absinthe, but their encounter is fleeting. She brushes her lips on his ear and disappears. He must find her. As Caleb scours the city, he begins helping the city’s medical examiner with a serial-murder investigation. Soon the search for the killer entwines with Caleb’s hunt for Emmeline, and the closer he gets to each, the more dangerous his world becomes. “Magnificent and thoroughly unnerving,”* The Poison Artist is a gripping thriller about obsession, damage, a man unmoored by an unspeakable past, and a woman who offers the ultimate escape.?

JONATHAN MOORE is an attorney and the author of four novels, including The Dark Room, forthcoming, and Redheads, which was short-listed for the Bram Stoker Award.