SummaryA killer inspired by a master of the macabre. A detective
tracking the tell-tales signs of his crimes. A mystery that
binds them in an ingenious nightmare.
The crime scene: a human skull impaled on a tree, trailing a
colored ribbon. The twist was the gold-painted scarab.
Special Agent Elizabeth Taylor Hewitt recognizes the
tableau—only the first in a series of slayings honoring
the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and committed by a madman
known only as The Raven.
Anticipating The Raven's next move, Hewitt seeks the help of
her former lover, an expert on Poe. It's a race against time
as they struggle to understand the motives of the
killer—by delving into the twisted mind of literature's
dark genius. But Hewitt herself becomes a pawn in The
Raven's triumphant endgame: a magnificent and final
homage...for Edgar.
A brilliant tale of modern-day detection—and a case
that echoes one of literature's darkest imaginations.
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