Robert Pobi

“A tough, wise, knowing narrative voice, a great plot, a great setting, and even better characters — I loved this.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author In the tradition of Jeffery Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme and David Baldacci’s Amos Decker, City of Windows introduces Lucas Page, a brilliant, reluctant investigator, who matches wits with a skilled, invisible killer. During the worst blizzard in memory, an FBI agent in a moving SUV in New York City is killed by a nearly impossible sniper shot. Unable to pinpoint where the shot came from, as the storm rapidly wipes out evidence, the agent-in-charge Brett Kehoe turns to the one man who might be able to help them—former FBI agent Lucas Page. Page, a university professor and bestselling author, left the FBI years ago after a tragic event robbed him of a leg, an arm, an eye, and the willingness to continue. But he has an amazing ability to read a crime scene, figure out angles and trajectories in his head, and he might be the only one to be able to find the sniper’s nest. With a new wife and family, Lucas Page has no interest in helping the FBI—except for the fact that the victim was his former partner. Agreeing to help for his partner’s sake, Page finds himself hunting a killer with an unknown agenda and amazing sniper skills in the worst of conditions. And his partner’s murder is only the first in a series of meticulously planned murders carried out with all-but-impossible sniper shots. The only thing connecting the deaths is that the victims are all with law enforcement—that is until Page’s own family becomes a target. To identify and hunt down this ruthless, seemingly unstoppable killer, Page must discover what hidden past connects the victims before he himself loses all that is dear to him.

City of Windows

"FBI contractor Jake Cole deciphers the language of murderers by reconstructing three-dimensional crime scene models in his head, a talent that has left his nerves frayed and his psyche fragile. Jake returns to Montauk for the first time in a quarter of a century when his father, a renowned painter, lights himself ablaze and crashes through a plate-glass window. Once home, Jake is pulled into a gruesome local homicide investigation that echoes his mother's murder three decades earlier. As he sifts through the detritus of his father's madness, Jake discovers thousands of seemingly meaningless paintings stacked in the studio - a bizarre trail of dust-covered breadcrumbs the painter left as he tumbled down the rabbit hole of dementia - breadcrumbs that Jake believes lead to the killer. With the help of Sheriff Dan Hauser - a man scrambling to prepare the seaside community for the arrival of a catastrophic hurricane - Jake Cole sets out to find the seemingly unstoppable force of malevolence known as the Bloodman ..."--Author's website.

Bloodman

A series of deadly explosions rock the city of New York and with too many victims and no known motive, the F.B.I. turns once again to Dr. Lucas Page in Robert Pobi's Under Pressure. On a beautiful October evening, New York City's iconic Guggenheim Museum is closed for a tech company's private gala. Until an explosion rocks the night, instantly killing 702 people, including every single attendee—yet the damage to the building itself was minimal. An explosion of that precision was no accident and, in response, the FBI mobilizes its entire team -- but the sheer number of victims strains their resources. Were all 702 victims in the wrong place at the wrong time, or was there only one target and 701 unlucky bystanders? That many victim files is a staggering amount of data to sort through and Brett Kehoe, Special Agent in Charge of Manhattan, decides that he can't do this without more computational power. Dr. Lucas Page, astrophysicist, university professor, and former FBI agent, is uniquely gifted for the task at hand—he can visualize a crime scene as if he was a bystander and can break down any set of data at a glance. Even though Page wants nothing to do with the FBI, with his city under attack and his family at risk, he steps in to find a killer in a haystack before they strike again.

A Lucas Page Novel

Under Pressure

In Robert Pobi's thriller Do No Harm, a series of suicides and accidental deaths in the medical community are actually well-disguised murders and only Lucas Page can see the pattern and discern the truth that no one else believes...

Do No Harm

Stad van glas

From the internationally bestselling novelist Rob Pobi comes Mannheim Rex, an homage to the blockbuster Jaws and the classic American novel Moby Dick. After the sudden death of his wife, famous horror writer Gavin Corlie retreats from New York City to a secluded house on Lake Caldasac. But his new life in the country is far from idyllic, and when a thirteen-year-old wheelchair-bound boy named Finn Horn nearly drowns in the lake, Gavin discovers a startling secret: people in this peaceful lakeside community keep vanishing. Is the corrupt, drug-fuelled town sheriff to blame? Or is Finn’s account of a lake-dwelling leviathan more than a near-death hallucination? Racing against time and Mother Nature, Gavin and Finn embark on a quest to catch a nightmare beast. It’s survival of the fittest, and it isn’t long before the pair realizes that they might be out of their depth…and that the hunters may have become the hunted. An homage to Peter Benchley’s Jaws and the classic Moby Dick, Mannheim Rex is an unsettling thriller that switches seamlessly between heartwarming friendship and heart-stopping action.

Mannheim Rex

Brad Smith

Kathy Reichs

Nick Cutter

Andrew Pyper

Jennifer Hillier

David Rotenberg

Robert Rotenberg

Don Gutteridge

Deryn Collier

Sean Slater

Welcome to The Dark Side, a collection of excerpts from some of Simon & Schuster Canada’s most terrifying, mysterious, and suspenseful novels. From Nick Cutter’s old-school thriller, The Troop, to Kathy Reichs’ internationally bestselling Bones series, these stories will leave you trembling. The Dark Side ebook includes excerpts from: Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper Shoot the Dog by Brad Smith Eye of the Storm by Rob Pobi The Troop by Nick Cutter Open Secret by Deryn Collier A Murder of Crows by David Rotenberg The Guilty by Sean Slater Death of a Patriot by Don Gutteridge Stranglehold by Robert Rotenberg Freak by Jennifer Hillier

A Collection of Mysteries & Thrillers

The Dark Side

Killer In the quiet coastal town of Montauk, Long Island, a sadistic killer is stalking his prey, waiting for the right moment to unleash his fury. Protector When a young woman and her young son are found brutally murdered – skinned alive in a frenzied attack – Sheriff Mike Hauser knows he’s out of his depth. There’s no evidence, no clues and no motive, and Hauser needs someone who has dealt with this level of brutality before. Avenger FBI consultant Jake Cole has a unique ability – to recognize killers’ artistic signatures at crime scenes. Called into help with Hauser’s investigation, Jake enters the twisted mind of a serial killer. But when he recognizes the killer’s signature as the one left on his own mother, brutally murdered thirty years before, the case becomes personal. In a race against time, Jake knows he must find the killer before the ‘bloodman’ finds him...

Iain Reid

Kristi Charish

Kathleen Grissom

Richard B. Wright

Sally Christie

Amy Stuart

Joan Crate

K.A. Tucker

Susan Philpott

Ann Yu-Kyung Choi

Complete with new beginnings and the promise of satisfying endings, The Look Book sampler offers the best in fiction from across the Simon & Schuster Canada Spring 2016 list. This array of debut authors and perennial favourites will allow you to step back in time with our historical fiction, time travel with our fantasy writers, fall in love with our inspirational romance, marvel at our literary stylists, and be enthralled by our dark thrillers. If you would like to learn more about any of our authors or the titles featured, please visit us at SimonandSchuster.ca, follow us on Twitter at @simonschusterCA, or like us at Facebook.com/SimonandSchusterCanada. With chapter excerpts from the following Spring 2016 new releases: Dark Territory, by Susan Philpott He Will Be My Ruin, by K.A. Tucker Owl and the City of Angels, by Kristi Charish Black Apple, by Joan Crate Still Mine, by Amy Stuart Glory Over Everything, by Kathleen Grissom The Rivals of Versailles, by Sally Christie Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety, by Ann Y.K. Choi Nightfall, by Richard B. Wright Mannheim Rex, by Rob Pobi Umbrella Man, by Peggy Blair I’m Thinking of Ending Things, by Iain Reid

Spring 2016 Fiction Sampler

The Look Book

City of Windows the Most Exciting Thriller Launch Of 2019

Het is tijd om te vluchten Te schuilen Te sterven... Doodshoofd is niet voor de teergevoelige lezer. Doodshoofd is een thriller die je naar de keel grijpt en je niet meer loslaat. Doodshoofd is een unieke en angstaanjagende thriller die de grenzen van het genre opzoekt en je nog lang laat na sidderen FBI-agent Jake Cole ontcijfert de taal van moordenaars door in zijn hoofd driedimensionale reconstructies van de plaats delict te maken, een gave die hem zo veel energie kost dat hij een zenuwinzinking nabij en geestelijke uitgeput is. Jake keert na ruim vijfentwintig jaar terug naar zijn geboorteplaats Montauk nadat zijn vader, een bekende schilder, zichzelf in brand heeft gestoken en daarna door een glazen deur is gelopen. Als hij nog maar net in zijn ouderlijk huis is, wordt hij bij het onderzoek betrokken naar een gruwelijke moord die daar vlak in de buurt heeft plaatsgevonden en die herinneringen oproept aan de moord op zijn moeder drie decennia eerder. En wanneer hij zich door de brokstukken van zijn vaders krankzinnigheid werkt, ontdekt Jake duizenden ogenschijnlijke betekenisloze schilderijen een bizar spoor van broodkruimels dat de schilder heeft achtergelaten terwijl hij verder weg zonk in zijn dementie. Broodkruimels die hem, zo denkt Jake, naar de moordenaar zullen leiden. Met de hulp van sheriff Dan Hauser een man die het kustdorpje probeert voor te bereiden op een verwoestende orkaan probeert Jake Cole het onheilspellende kwaad een halt toe te roepen.

Doodshoofd

Robert Pobi's City of Windows is the first book of a new series featuring Lucas Page as a brilliant, reluctant investigator, matching wits with an invisible killer...

A Novel

Killer In the quiet coastal town of Montauk, Long Island, a sadistic killer is stalking his prey, waiting for the right moment to unleash his fury. Protector When a young woman and her young son are found brutally murdered - skinned alive in a frenzied attack - Sheriff Mike Hauser knows he's out of his depth. There's no evidence, no clues and no motive, and Hauser needs someone who has dealt with this level of brutality before. Avenger FBI consultant Jake Cole has a unique ability - to recognise killers' artistic signatures at crime scenes. Called into help with Hauser's investigation, Jake enters the twisted mind of a serial killer. But when he recognizes the killer's signature as the one left on his own mother, brutally murdered thirty years before, the case becomes personal. In a race against time, Jake knows he must find the killer before the 'bloodman' finds him...

In Robert Pobi's thriller Do No Harm, a series of suicides and accidental deaths in the medical community are actually well-disguised murders and only Lucas Page can see the pattern and discern the truth that no one else believes. Lucas Page is a polymath, astrophysicist, professor, husband, father of five adopted children, bestselling author, and ex-FBI agent—emphasis on "ex." Severely wounded after being caught in an explosion, Page left the FBI behind and put his focus on the rebuilding the rest of his life. But Page is uniquely gifted in being able to recognize patterns that elude others, a skill that brings the F.B.I. knocking at his door again and again. Lucas Page's wife Erin loses a friend, a gifted plastic surgeon, to suicide and Lucas begins to realize how many people Erin knew that have died in the past year, in freak accidents and now suicide. Intrigued despite himself, Page begins digging through obituaries and realizes that there's a pattern—a bad one. These deaths don't make sense unless the doctors are being murdered, the target of a particularly clever killer. This time, the FBI wants as little to do with Lucas as he does with them so he's left with only one option—ignore it and go back to his normal life. But then, the pattern reveals that the next victim is likely to be...Erin herself.

Ein gefährlicher Sniper in New York - und ein ehemaliger Cop und Astrophysiker als sein Widersacher. Hart, packend, ungewöhnlich! Während eines Blizzards wird in New York ein FBI-Mann in seinem SUV erschossen - von einem offensichtlich äußerst fähigen Scharfschützen. Das FBI steht vor einem Rätsel - und wendet sich an den ehemaligen Polizisten Lucas Page, der nun als Professor an der Universität lehrt und Experte für Ballistik ist. Page weigert sich zunächst zu helfen - bis er erfährt, wer der Tote ist: sein ehemaliger Partner. Wer könnte einen Grund gehabt haben, ihn zu töten? Page findet heraus, von wo geschossen worden ist, doch als er wieder aus den Ermittlungen aussteigen will, geschieht ein zweiter Mord - auf dieselbe Art und Weise und erneut ist ein Polizist das Opfer ... "Eine großartige Geschichte, ein toller Schauplatz - und die Charaktere sind herausragend." Lee Child.

Thriller

Manhattan Fire

`Kijk uit Stephen King: Robert Pobi komt eraan! Graffiti Magazine Na de plotselinge dood van zijn vrouw heeft succesvol thrillerauteur Gavin Corlie erg veel moeite om grip te houden op de wereld om hem heen. Hij koopt een oud huis in het dorpje New Mannheim, in de staat New York, dat tussen de heuvels genesteld ligt en uitkijkt over een groot meer. Daar, in dat idyllische landschap, hoopt hij eindelijk aan het ongrijpbare proces van verwerking te kunnen beginnen. Maar zijn nieuwe leven midden in de natuur is verre van idyllisch; als een dertienjarig jongetje dat in een rolstoel zit, Finn Horn, bijna verdrinkt in het meer ontdekt Gavin een ontstellend geheim: er zijn de afgelopen tientallen jaren opvallend veel mensen in het vredige dorpje spoorloos verdwenen. Is de corrupte, aan amfetamine verslaafde sheriff hier verantwoordelijk voor? Of is Finns bewering dat er een beest in het Lake Caldasac huist meer dan een bijna-dood-hallucinatie? In een strijd tegen de tijd en Moeder Natuur gaan Gavin en Finn op jacht naar een wezen dat lijkt te zijn geëvolueerd met één enkel en angstaanjagend doel: zich voeden met menselijk aas

Lokaas

Victim In New York, ten-year-old boys from the city’s most exclusive schools are being brutally attacked, before their mutilated corpses are found washed up in the river. Target Benjamin Winslow is a ten-year-old child genius who has just been accepted to Harvard. He is just like all the other murdered boys. In fact, he is more like them than he, or anyone else, imagines. Saviour Detective Alex Hemingway is on the hunt for the killer. But as he continues to evade her, the death toll is rising. With time running out, Hemingway has to act fast. But will she be able to stop the killer - before he stops her?

Crime Thriller

River of the Dead

From the internationally bestselling author of Eye of the Storm comes a new novel introducing the fiery Alexandra “Hemi” Hemingway as she tracks down a serial killer cutting a swathe across New York City. A stifling heat wave rolls into New York City, amplifying the already critical level of tension in the fragile concrete ecosystem. Recently recovered from a shoot-out that nearly killed her, homicide detective Alexandra “Hemi” Hemingway is already on edge. But then, on the morning Hemi discovers she is pregnant, a twisted serial killer makes his debut. And the heat goes up. Soon, Hemi is besieged on all fronts as she struggles to catch up to a killer who always seems one step ahead. And as she pieces together the clues along the trail, it isn’t long before tensions boil over and Hemi finds herself a target in the deadly competition. Not for the faint of heart, Harvest is a relentless ride that takes you through the fractured world of a nascent killer. And you will never feel safe again.

Harvest

A storm is coming... As a massive hurricane approaches the Eastern Seaboard, FBI consultant Jake Cole returns to Montauk to care for his father, a formerly brilliant painter deep in the grip of Alzheimer’s. But soon after his arrival, another malevolent force descends on the community—a monstrous serial killer—and a brutal double homicide teaches Jake that even though he has forgotten about the past, it has not yet forgotten about him. As the killer goes after everything Jake holds sacred, he is forced to balance his efforts between protecting his family and finding a psychopath who seems as unstoppable as the storm hammering the community. Pinned between the two forces of nature, Jake learns that old secrets never really die. Published in twelve countries, Rob Pobi’s brilliant debut thriller, formerly published as Bloodman, is twisted, gritty, and utterly compelling.

Robert Pobi

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