Ridley Pearson: Crime Novels for Adults

"Fast paced and technically thorough, offering a plot line so credible that it makes you wonder if it couldn't have happened this way..."
—MostlyFiction.com

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It starts with a vengeance, and stops at nothing.

Get ready for the ride of your life, as Ridley Pearson puts suspense on a whole new track. There are no limits, there are no rules, and there are no stops.

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Ridley Pearson's latest novel brings together all his incomparable talents and more in a riveting story about Umberto Alvarez, a grieving man whose quest in life is to bring down the railroad company he blames for the death of his wife and children three years earlier—no matter who gets in the way. Peter Tyler is an ex-cop looking to redeem himself after being suspended from the force. Now an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, he will stop at nothing to catch the elusive Alvarez.

But the case is more complicated than it seems. As Tyler's investigation proceeds, it becomes apparent that Alvarez is no terrorist—in fact, the more Tyler investigates, the closer he comes to the real truth.

Packed with action, laced with romance, brimming with heart-stopping suspense, and marked by the intelligence and humanity that make Ridley Pearson's novels stand apart from others in the genre, Parallel Lies will give reviewers and readers yet another reason to hail him as "the best damn thriller writer on the planet." (Booklist)

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"Parallel Lies is exactly the kind of book that made me a Ridley Pearson fan in the past. This novel has all of the usual Pearson investigative tricks and techniques that add up to him being considered one of the best techno-thriller writers today."
   —MostlyFiction.com (full review)

"In true thriller style, everything in this novel represents speed, not the least of which is the rapidity with which the reader will turn the pages. Perfect summer reading."
   —George Easter, DeadlyPleasures.com

"The story telling is incisive with never a wasted word. The action is indeed breathtaking yet the author never resorts to gloating over gore. There is romance, but never any tediously titillating sex."
   —Denise Wels, ReviewingtheEvidence.com (full review)

"I have never consecutively read two novels by the same author...until this week when I just happened to try a few pages of your stand-alone, Parallel Lies. WOW...to me this was one of the most riveting thrillers I have read this year. What a fantastic conclusion! Amazingly to me, you have the unique ability to write as totally different authors with distinctively different styles. I would never have suspected the three afore mentioned groups of novels were written by the same author.... Just couldn't help but share my appreciation for your exceptionally entertaining, well-crafted novels."
   —Bob Gill

Read an interview with Ridley about Parallel Lies on BookReporter.com.