Saint Julian's Curse: A Murder Novel

By Thomas Blanks

Entirely by accident, investigators pick up the trail of a killer, which then dead-ends in a false identity, shell companies, and offshore accounts. This is no ordinary murderer. Having avoided detection, he begins taunting law enforcement with Biblical clues, and more bodies are discovered. Sheriff's Department Investigator Terry Allen starts to understand how the criminal thinks and maybe why he kills. With an FBI agent, she must try to get a step ahead of this intelligent psychopath, or the bloodshed will continue. The book is Patricia Cornwell's All That Remains meets Silence of the Lambs. Set at Lake of the Ozarks and in Kansas City, Missouri, this serial killer novel follows Investigator Terry Allen, a character introduced by Thomas Blanks in the third Mike Bedford novel, The Shade. The length of the paperback edition is 200 pages. "What a page-turner! St. Julian's Curse kept me on the edge of my seat! And the times I had to take a break, I found myself still thinking about this intriguing story. The manhunt is a fascinating game of cat and mouse as the murderer evades detective Terry Allen repeatedly. The author does a remarkable job of getting inside the heads of the serial killer and the lead investigator on the case." Judge's commentary, 27th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1731481381
• ISBN13: 9781731481382
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"