Ridley Pearson: Crime Novels for Adults

"Pearson wraps his tales in a tight but believable tale of technology and cunning..."
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Ridley Pearson has been called "a thinking person's Robert Ludlum" and "a killer combination of Patricia Cornwell and John D. MacDonald"—and now he gives us his most intricate and intense novel, a masterwork of forensic detection and a chilling high-tech game of cat and mouse.

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Seattle police detective Lou Boldt and police psychologist Daphne Matthews (seen previously in Pearson's Undercurrents and The Angel Maker) return in No Witnesses to confront the most challenging case of their careers. People are dying throughout Seattle—victims of a madman who is placing poisoned food in neighborhood supermarkets. But the criminal is intelligent: he writes the police chilling extortion letters—faxed directly from a laptop computer over public telephone lines—and retrieves his ransom electronically, through automatic teller machines in hundreds of locations around the city. And while he is a murderer, his crimes take place miles and often days away from his innocent victims' demise. How can you stop a criminal when there is no crime scene to study—and no witnesses?

Daphne knows that no killings take place in a vacuum: there must be psychological motivations that she should be able to determine if she digs deep enough. And Boldt knows that despite the seemingly impossible task, there must be some forensic trail that he can follow—even if it is only through the netherworld of computer networks. The two of them work their own ways, with their own agendas, to track a killer—only to find a truth darker than they ever imagined.

No Witnesses is Pearson's most accomplished and complex crime novel—a book that brings the police thriller into fascinating new territory.

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"If it is possible for a book to be both terrifying and sensible, this is it....Pearson is becoming one of the most consistent and competent writers in the business. He wraps his tales in a tight but believable tale of technology and cunning."
   —Ocala Star Bulletin

"You like action—it's here. Romance—it's got it. Intriguing personalities, suspense, surprise ending. This is one of those books that every fan has to read."
   —Don Buck

"We must fervently hope that this author keeps his criminal mind in the fictive realm, because he's the best I've ever seen at thinking up heinous ways to foil the police."
   —MysteryGuide.com

"Tension is kept going all the way through. His research is thorough, including the software used to slow down the ATM machines to allow the police time to intercept the ransom withdrawals."
   —Martin Spellman, CrimeTime.com

"The action never stops and the tension slowly build towards a spellbinding level, forcing readers to keep reading to learn what is really going on."
   —Harriet Klausner

"Another fast paced, engrossing read from Ridley Pearson. I have added the remaining books of his that I have yet to read to my shopping cart. It involved staying up late, being scared, holding my breath..."
   —ReviewsAndMore.com