The Doll Maker (Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne #14) by Richard Montanari

Mr. Marseille is polite, elegant and erudite. He would do anything for his true love Anabelle. And he is a psychopath.

A quiet Philadelphia suburb. A woman cycles past a train depot with her young daughter. And there she finds a murdered girl posed on a newly painted bench. Strangled. Beside her is a formal invitation to a tea dance in a week's time.

Seven days later, two more young victims are discovered in a disused house, posed on painted swings. At the scene is an identical invitation. This time, though, there is something extra waiting for Detective Kevin byrne and Jessica Balzano.

A delicate porcelain doll. It's a message. And a threat.

With Marseille and Anabelle stalking the city, Detective Byrne and Balzano have just seven days to find the link between the murders before another innocent child is snatched from the streets.

Genres: Thriller - Mystery - Crime - Mystery Thriller - Suspense - Horror - Detective - Procedural - American Author