The Killing of Bobbi Lomax

by Cal Moriarty

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Pub Date 7 May 2015 | Archive Date 10 May 2015

Faber and Faber Ltd | Faber & Faber

Mystery & Thrillers

Description

Spectacular crime debut, for fans of Karin Slaughter and Stephen King

Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

A Financial Times Crime Book of the Year (2015)

CANYON COUNTY, HALLOWEEN 1983

Bobbi Lomax was the first to die, the bomb killed the prom queen on her own front lawn.

Just moments later one of the nails from the city's second bomb forced its way into the brain of property investor Peter Gudsen, killing him almost instantly.

The third bomb didn't quite kill Clark Houseman. Hovering on the brink, the rare books dealer turns out to be Detectives Sinclair and Alvarez's best hope of finding out what linked these unlikely victims, and who wanted them dead and why. But can they find the bomber before he kills again?

Set deep in the religious heartlands of America, The Killing of Bobbi Lomax follows this troubled investigation as a narrative of deceit, corruption and forgery emerges, with an unlikely hero at its heart - a rare coins, books and manuscript dealer - who could either be a genius or the devil.

Spectacular crime debut, for fans of Karin Slaughter and Stephen King

Longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger

A Financial Times Crime Book of the Year (2015)

CANYON COUNTY, HALLOWEEN 1983

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A Note From the Publisher

This is the UK edition and is not available to readers in the US

Advance Praise

'An explosive, intelligent and gripping thriller that takes you deep into an underworld of religious cults and high stakes counterfeiting. The story hurtles along with great pace and panache and the dialogue is superb and surprising. A high-pitched, dream-fevered debut from a writer we'll no doubt be hearing a lot more from.'
Stav Sherez

'Moriarty writes with a real flair for dynamic action, detail and pace. Bobbi Lomax is an evocative, original novel. Noirish, modern, with a dry comic edge.'
Laline Paull, author of The Bees.

'An explosive, intelligent and gripping thriller that takes you deep into an underworld of religious cults and high stakes counterfeiting. The story hurtles along with great pace and panache and...

Marketing Plan

An incredibly enjoyable and inventive debut from Cal Moriarty which will appeal to fans of Stephen King and I Am Pilgrim

Like S.J. Watson and Rachel Joyce before her, Cal Moriarty began the novel on a Faber Academy course