Jack Kerley

Thirty years after a renowned artist and serial killer is shot dead in the courtroom on the day of his sentencing, homicide detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus investigate a murder scene that resembles the work of the long-dead killer. Reprint.

The Death Collectors

When cryptic messages are discovered on the bodies of a pair of murder victims, Alabama police detective Carson Ryder and veteran officer Harry Nautilus must seek help from Ryder's brother, a convicted killer.

The Hundredth Man

A brilliant new psychological serial killer thriller featuring homicide detective Carson Ryder, hero of the bestselling 'The Hundredth Man' and 'The Death Collectors.' Blood was everywhere, like the interior had been hosed down with an artery The gore-sodden horror that greets homicide detective Carson Ryder on a late-night call out is enough to make him want to quit the case. Too late. Now he and his partner Harry are up to their necks in a Southern swamp of the bizarre and disturbing. An investigation full of twists and strange clues looks like it's leading to the city's least likely suspects - a powerful family whose philanthropy has made them famous. But behind their money and smiles is a dynasty divided by hate. Their strange and horrific past is about to engulf everyone around them in a storm of violence and depravity. And Ryder's right in the middle of it

The Broken Souls

A darkly compelling serial-killer novel introducing the next big name in psychological thrillers and, in Carson Ryder, a fascinating and complex protagonist set for many books to come.

The spine-chilling serial killer thriller featuring Carson Ryder - the homicide detective with a hidden secret that could destroy his career.

Blood Brother

'O Código Vermelho' cria um mundo onde os heróis não conseguem fazer nada sem a ajuda dos loucos, e os mortos são os mais perigosos de todos. Mensagens bizarras e codificadas, encontradas em dois cadáveres em Móbile, no Alabama, lançam o novato detetive Carson Ryder e o veterano policial Harry Nautilus numa busca desesperada atrás de um misterioso assassino. O aparecimento de mais corpos obriga Ryder a voltar ao aterrador passado de sua família, tentando conseguir ajuda do seu irmão, um psicopata violento e sarcástico, condenado por crimes igualmente hediondos. Em pouco tempo, temores e pesadelos do passado, e descobre que a próxima vítima é alguém que ele conhece.

O código vermelho

More than thirty years ago, artist and serial killer Marsden Hexcamp was shot to death in an Alabama courtroom by a deranged fan. Days later, grisly evidence from his crimes vanished. But among underground collectors of the macabre, his art lived on… Today, a prostitute’s body found in a motel room is the first in a series of ghastly tableaus paying tribute to Hexcamp’s unspeakable talents. The discovery will lead homicide detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus is into the shocking world of the Death Collectors, where madness is an art and murder is the most beautiful act imaginable.

BROKEN SOULS A FORMAT.

Now Carson′s secret is out - literally. His murderous blood brother Jeremy is at large. And there′s a bizarre new case involving an abandoned infant, a murdered S&M-loving televangelist, Neo-Nazis and satantic rituals. The case leads them to a renowned geneticist and a possible link to the crime of the century...

In the Blood

When a young reporter is viciously murdered, Mobile, Alabama detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus find themselves drawn into the dealings of the wealthy Kincannon family, philanthropic socialites with ties to Ryder—and to his journalist girlfriend. Then Ryder is abducted—with no clues as to who did it or why. Digging to uncover the truth that could lead him to his partner, Nautilus discovers a web of connections between the dead reporter, an enigmatic behind-the-scenes powerbroker, and the Kincannons’ own dark secrets. The question quickly becomes: What would the perfect family do to protect an image of perfection? The answer: Whatever it takes.

A Garden of Vipers

Investigating a possible link between a missing informant and a serial killer, Mobile detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus are simultaneously drawn into the dealings of a socialite philanthropist family with ties to Ryder's girlfriend. Reprint.

Mobile, Alabama: Eine junge Reporterin wird auf brutale Weise ermordet. Der Mann, dessen Fall sie untersuchte, stirbt im Gefängnis an Gift. Bei einem Hochhausbrand kommt eine Prostituierte ums Leben. Die scharfsinnigen Ermittler Carson Ryder und Harry Nautilus, spezialisiert auf bizarre Fälle, glauben nicht an das Werk eines einzelnen Psychopathen. "Kerley verfügt über einen unbändigern und wirklich grausigen Ideenreichtum, der einen wach liegen lässt – noch lange, nachdem man die letzte Seite umgeblättert hat." Kirkus Reviews

Ein Carson-Ryder-Thriller

Den Wölfen zum Fraß

Brian Caswell, alias Brianna, drag-queen qui se produit dans un club de Miami, est empoisonné et enlevé. Dix jours plus tard, l’inspecteur Carson Ryderest appelé sur un cas d’empoisonnement: drogué lui aussi, Dale Kemp a été assassiné, son corps marqué du symbole de l’infini. Le corps de Briannaest à son tour retrouvé. Marqué du même symbole. Le résultat du test ADN est formel : il s’agit de celui de Gary Ocampo. Or Ocampo est dans l’incapacité totale de se déplacer. Confiée à Carson Ryder, l’enquête révèle l’envers du décor de Miami, à contre-courant de tous les clichés. Flic solitaire et désabusé, Ryder est confronté à un tueur pervers, focalisé sur la communauté gay de la ville et doué pour la création de poisons capables d’effacer la mémoire de ses victimes. Ryder vit une situation personnelle et familiale pour le moins complexe qui met en abîme son éthique personnelle et professionnelle. On retrouve dans ce thriller noir l’intérêt que porte l’auteur aux franges déshéritées et marginales qui subissent la brutalité de la société américaine, mais aussi le portrait d’un flic tourmenté. A propos de l’auteurJack Kerley a quitté le milieu de la publicité, où il a longtemps travaillé, pour se consacrer à l’écriture. C’est ainsi qu’est né Le Centième Homme, premier roman de la série Carson Ryder. Son écriture se nourrit de ses voyages dans le sud des Etats-Unis, notamment dans les Keys, en Floride, et dans les régions côtières de Mobile, en Alabama, où se déroulent nombre de ses ouvrages. «Kerley a écrit un thriller à glacer le sang de ses lecteurs.» PublishersWeekly «Une vision aussi fascinante qu’effrayante.» Independent on Sunday

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