Tom Piccirilli

Hace dos años, Shad Jenkins fue a prisión por atacar al agresor de Megan, su hermana. Ahora ha vuelto a Moon Run Hollow para descubrir que ella ha muerto. Perdido en un mundo lleno de encantadores de serpientes y niños extraños, un circulo opresivo que poco a poco se va envenenando con el licor ilegal que se destila en la zona, Shad debe penetrar en las supersticiones de los vecinos del pueblo y en sus mas terribles secretos. Sus pesquisas lo conducen hacia un espeluznante enemigo y le revelan la dantesca figura de un adversario oculto. Duda cada vez mas de su estado mental a medida que empieza a descubrir las pistas de lo que puede haberle sucedido a su hermana y de quien es exactamente su enemigo.

Tras el regreso de las vacaciones, Caleb hace un macabro descubrimiento: una chica desconocida ha sido brutalmente asesinada en su dormitorio. Ese suceso supondrá algo más que un incidente extraño y se convertira en una obsesion a la que aferrar su vida. En un viaje a traves del misterio, el miedo y la desesperacion, Piccirilli eleva el liston del terror con una obra maestra indiscutible. Algo mas que una historia, es una sobrecogedora experiencia que muchos lectores tardaran en olvidar.Premio Bram Stoker 2003La mejor novela de terror publicada el año pasado en ingles. Si vas a leer una esta temporada, que sea esta.

Desde la misteriosa desaparición de su madre y el suicidio de su padre, la vida no ha ido muy bien para Thomas. Se ha tenido que hacer cargo de sus tres hermanos, tres gemelos con cuerpos separados que comparten un solo cerebro; asi como de la empresa familiar, la unica industria del lugar, que es temida y respetada por igual por los habitantes de la comunidad. Un coro de niños enfermos es la extraordinaria historia de un territorio de los pantanos atrasado y consumido que atrae a los perdidos, a los desventurados y a los malditos.

Depuis la mort de Mal et l’exécution de Collie, la famille Rand est en lambeaux. Alors que son père sombre dans Alzheimer et que sa jeune sœur, Dale, multiplie les fréquentations douteuses, Terrier R

"...if anybody tells you that all you need is a lucky break, then tell them to shove off. Luck is about the worst thing that can happen in this biz, and its no substitute for knowledge, experience, and skill." Tom Piccirilli, from Welcome to Hell "Welcome to Hell is an anecdotal look into Piccirillis life and writing process that happens to serve as a wonderful tool for any fledgling writer. Oddly, since hes so acclaimed, this may be the Piccirilli book that should break out into the mainstream. In a mere forty to fifty pages (depending on whether you count the signature page and the helpful addresses), Piccirilli lays out, in an ultra-accessible almost stream-of-consciousness style, answers to all the silly questions that newbie writers like to ask." Spiderwords

Élevé dans une famille de voleurs et d’arnaqueurs, Terrier Rand a choisi de s’en éloigner après un massacre perpétré par son frère Collie. Ce jour-là, huit personnes avaient péri sans raison apparent

Desde la misteriosa desaparición de su madre y el suicidio de su padre, la vida no ha ido muy bien para Thomas. Se ha tenido que hacer cargo de sus tres hermanos, tres gemelos con cuerpos separados que comparten un solo cerebro; asi como de la empresa familiar, la unica industria del lugar, que es temida y respetada por igual por los habitantes de la comunidad.Un coro de niños enfermos es la extraordinaria historia de un territorio de los pantanos atrasado y consumido que atrae a los perdidos, a los desventurados y a los malditos.

Hace dos años, Shad Jenkins fue a prisión por atacar al agresor de Megan, su hermana. Ahora ha vuelto a Moon Run Hollow para descubrir que ella ha muerto.Perdido en un mundo lleno de encantadores de serpientes y niños extraños, un circulo opresivo que poco a poco se va envenenando con el licor ilegal que se destila en la zona, Shad debe penetrar en las supersticiones de los vecinos del pueblo y en sus mas terribles secretos. Sus pesquisas lo conducen hacia un espeluznante enemigo y le revelan la dantesca figura de un adversario oculto. Duda cada vez mas de su estado mental a medida que empieza a descubrir las pistas de lo que puede haberle sucedido a su hermana y de quien es exactamente su enemigo.

Tras el regreso de las vacaciones navideñas, Caleb Prentiss hace un macabro descubrimiento: durante su ausencia, una chica desconocida ha sido brutalmente asesinada en su dormitorio. Para él, un estudiante frustrado por el tedio de los estudios, ese suceso supondra algo mas que un incidente extraño y se convertira en una obsesion a la que aferrar su oscura vida de universidad. Emprendera una busqueda desesperada por averiguar la identidad de la chica y del misterioso asesino, una busqueda que no podra abandonar ni siquiera cuando toda su vida empiece a derrumbarse a su alrededor.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Tom Piccirillis The Last Kind Words.Two years ago Shad Jenkins went to prison for assaulting his sisters attacker. Now he has returned to the southern mountain town of Moon Run Hollow, only to find that Megan is dead. No one knows how she diedor why she was found on Gospel Trail Road, a dirt path leading up to the gorge high above the Chatalaha River, where victims of yellow fever were once brought to die. Navigating a world filled with abnormal children and clandestine snake handlers, one that is slowly being poisoned by illegal moonshine, Shad must pierce the townsfolks superstitions and terrible secrets to find out the truth about his sisters death. But the Blood Dreams hes suffered from since childhood have taken on an eerie urgency, revealing to Shad the nightmarish form of an unseen adversary. Plagued by the wraiths that haunt the hollow, Shad finds himself increasingly unsure of his own sanity as he begins to piece together what may have happened to his sisterand who exactly his enemy is....

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Tom Piccirillis The Last Kind Words.Five years ago, Eddie Whitts daughter Sarah became the victim of a serial killer known as Killjoy, and Whitt vowed to hunt him downno matter what the cost. But the police have given up. And Killjoy has stopped killingand in some bizarre act of repentance has begun kidnapping abused infants and leaving them with the parents of his original victims. The only clues to Killjoys identity lie in a trail of taunting letters. And even as they lead Whitt to a deadly cultand closer to his preyhe begins to suspect that, like his wife, hes losing his grip on reality: Sarah s dollhouse is filled with eerie activity, as if her murder never occurred. As dark forces rise around him, Whitt must choosebetween believing that evil can repentand stepping into a trap set by a killer who may know the only way to save Whitts soul.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Tom Piccirillis The Last Kind Words.This lyrical tale of evil, loss, and redemption is a stunning addition to the Southern gothic tradition of Flannery OConnor and Harry Crews.A Choir of Ill Children is the startling story of Kingdom Come, a decaying, swamp backwater that draws the lost, ill-fated, and damned. Since his mothers disappearance and his fathers suicide, Thomas has cared for his three brothersconjoined triplets with separate bodies but one shared brainand the towns only industry, the Mill. Because of his familys prominence, Thomas is feared and respected by the superstitious swamp folk. Granny witches cast hexes while Thomass childhood sweetheart drifts through his life like a vengeful ghost and his best friend, a reverend suffering from the power of tongues, is overcome with this curse as he tries to warn of impending menace. All Thomas learns is that the carnival is coming. Torn by responsibility and rage, Thomas must face his tormented past as well as the mysterious forces surging toward the town he loves and despises.

Professional thief Terrier Rand hasnt gotten caught yet. Its only his conscience chasing at his heels. In the follow-up to Tom Piccirillis acclaimed novel The Last Kind Words, prodigal thief Terrier Rand has come home to the family that has lawbreaking in its blood. With generations of Rands keeping secrets from the outside worldnot to mention from one anotherTerry is sure of one thing: He owes it to the woman he loved and lost to make sure her husband stays alive. Kimmys husband, Terrys old friend Chub, hasnt been seen since he supplied a getaway car for a heist that went wrong. When Terry investigates the ominous disappearance, he discovers that Chub was involved with a strange, violent gang of heavy hittersguys who dont take kindly to Terry asking questions. But before Terry can find his friend, a curvaceous divorcee takes him for a walk on the wild side, estranged relatives pull him into their horror movie empire, his sister Dale sets her sights on Hollywood after scoring a hit viral video, and his own uncle recruits Terry to rip off his partner. In a world of larceny, grift, and fraud, no amount of loyaltyto friends, wives, or loverscan compete with the Rand family drama. Terry just wants to bring Chub home to his wife and child. Instead, hes dodging mobsters, moguls, and murderers . . . and the truth about one crime of his own. The Last Whisper in the Dark takes readers on a wild, rollicking ride with an eclectic crowd of fascinating charactersfrom a well-mannered killer who drives needles into his victims brains to a young gangster struggling to live up to his fathers expectations. Bonds of honor, bonds of blood, and betrayals of both make this the most powerful read yet from the heralded Tom Piccirilli. Praise for Tom Piccirillis The Last Kind Words Perfect crime fiction . . . a convincing world, a cast of compelling characters, and above all a great story.Lee Child A crime noir mystery as hard-boiled as any in recent memory, recalling the work of Chandler, Pelecanos and Connelly . . . Readers will be pinned to their seats until the last page is turned.Bookreporter At once a dark and brooding page-turner and a heartfelt tale about the ties that bind.Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Heartbroken [A] caustic thriller . . . The characters have strong voices and bristle with funny quirks.The New York Times Book Review [Piccirilli] deserves a breakout novel and this just might be it.Booklist (starred review) For the first time since The Godfather, a family of criminals has stolen my heart. This is a brilliant mix of love and violence, charm and corruption. I loved it.Nancy Pickard, bestselling author of The Scent of Rain and Lightning

Tom Piccirilli is the master of the Southern gothic, quietly building horror where the chills grow with increasing strangeness.Denver PostA haunted man must settle his accounts with the livingand the dead. . . . The night Johnny Danetello drove a dying girl through the streets of Brooklyn in his cab, he was trying to save her life. Instead he ran down a cop and lost her and his freedom. Every day in prison, Johnny knew that Angie Monticellis family blamed him for her death, and that going home would be suicide. But Johnny has unfinished business with his former friend turned mob boss, Vinny Monticelli.Now Johnny has returned to converse with the doomed and the deadand wait for Vinny to make his move. Survivors of a long-ago freak accident, the two men share access to alternate realities no one else can knowand to a past and present that will all become the same in a city only one of them can leave alive. . . .In a genre where twisted souls and violence are the norm, Piccirillis work stands out for how it blends these elements with a literate sensibility.Publishers WeeklyBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Tom Piccirillis The Last Kind Words.

Chase was raised as a getaway driver by his grandfather, Jonah, a con man feared by even the hardened career criminals who make up his crew. But when Jonah crosses the line and murders one of his own, Chase goes solo, stealing cars and pulling scores across the country. . . . And then he meets Lila, a strong-willed deputy sheriff with a beguiling smile who shows him what love can be. Chase is on the straight and narrow for the first time in his lifeuntil tragedy hits, and he must reenter the dark world of grifters and crooks. Now Chase is out for revengeand hell have to turn to the one man he hates most in the world. Only Jonah can teach Chase how to become a stone-cold killer. But even as the two men work together, Chase knows that their unresolved past will eventually lead them to a showdown of their own.BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Tom Piccirillis The Last Kind Words.

An ex-cop, Finn was left literally blinded by violence. The one thing he can still see is the body of his wife, Dani, and a crime scene that wont fade from his mind s eye. Now a professor, Finn never would have guessed that an isolated girls prep school could be every bit as dangerous as city streets. Especially when he stumbles upon a local girl lying in a graveyard in the middle of a raging blizzard. Finn may live in a world of total darkness, but its about to get a splash of red. The memories that torment him still have the power to kill, and a group of innocent students has been put in harms way by a pair of vicious criminals stalking Finn for unknown reasons. Secrets are creeping from the shadows around himthe kind that even a man with perfect vision never sees until its too late. Theyre about to become terrifyingly clear to Finnand it all begins with the scent of blood.BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Tom Piccirillis The Last Kind Words.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Tom Piccirillis The Last Kind Words.From the moment he saw the girl in the snowstorm, Flynn had less than an hour to live. But hell remember his last fifty minutes long after hes dead. As an investigator for Suffolk County Child Protective Services, Flynn has seen more than his share of misery, but nothing could prepare him for the nightmare inside the Shepards million-dollar Long Island home. In less than an hour, that nightmare will send him plunging into a frozen harborand awaken him to a reality even more terrifying.Theyve nicknamed Flynn The Miracle Man because few have ever been resuscitated after being dead so long. But a determined homicide detective and a beautiful, inquisitive reporter have questions about what really happened at the Shepard houseand why the people around Flynn are suddenly being murdered. Flynn has questions of his own, especially when one of the victims dies while handing him a note: THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT. Flynn has returned from the Midnight Roadand someone wants to send him back.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Tom Piccirillis The Last Kind Words.Raised to be a thief and getaway driver, Chase left the bent life after he found his true love, Lila. For ten years he walked the straight and narrowuntil Lila was murdered. Now Chase is looking for his grandfather Jonah, the stone-cold-killer con man who raised him anis the last living repository of his familys darkest secrets. In returning to his criminal roots, Chase hopes to save Jonahs infant daughter from the life that Chase himself cant escape.But first hell need a score. Chase thinks hes found it as a driver for a dysfunctional crime family thats anything but organized. With the Langans patriarch dying, the once powerful syndicate may unravel before Chase can rip it off. If he survives the bloodbath to come, hell face an even uglier showdown. Because his grandfather Jonah is waiting for him at the coldest family reunion this side of hell.

From award-winning author Tom Piccirilli comes what Lee Child calls perfect crime fiction, a wholly original novel introducing the Rands, a vipers nest of crooks and cons, one generation stealing from the next. Upon the razor-thin edge between love and violence lives a pair of brothers, their bonds frayed by betrayals and guilt, their loyalty to each other their last salvation.Raised to pick a pocket before he could walk, Terry Rand cut free from his family after his older brother, Collie, went on a senseless killing spree that left eight dead. Five years later, only days before his scheduled execution, Collie contacts Terry and asks him to return home. Collie claims he wasnt responsible for one of the murdersand insists that the real killer is still on the loose.Dogged by his own demons, Terry is swept back into the schemes and scams of his family: His father, Pinsch, a retired cat burglar, brokenhearted because of his two sons. His card-sharp uncles, Mal and Grey, whove incurred the anger of the local mob. His grandfather, Shep, whose mind is failing but whose fingers can still slip out a wallet from across the room. His teenage sister, Dale, whos flirting dangerously with the lure of the family business. And Kimmie, the woman Terry abandoned, whos now raising a child with Terrys former best friend. Terry pieces together the day his brother turned rabid, delving into a blood history that reveals the Rand family tree is rotten to the roots, and the secrets his ancestors buried are now coming furious and vengeful to the surface.A meditation on how love can confine a person just as easily as it can free him, juxtaposing shocking violence and sly humor, The Last Kind Words is the brilliantly inventive family saga that only a singular talent like Tom Piccirilli could conjure.Includes a preview of Tom Piccirillis next book, The Last Whisper in the Dark.Praise for The Last Kind Words A crime noir mystery as hard-boiled as any in recent memory, recalling the work of Chandler, Pelecanos and Connelly . . . Readers literally will be pinned to their seats until the last page is turned.Bookreporter At once a dark and brooding page-turner and a heartfelt tale about the ties that bind.Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Heartbroken [A] caustic thriller . . . The characters have strong voices and bristle with funny quirks.The New York Times Book Review [Piccirilli] deserves a breakout novel, and this just might be it.Booklist (starred review)

Five years ago, Priest McClaren and his younger sister, Molly, were forced to watch as their parents were murdered by a desperate pair of outlaws. Though one is dead, the other, Yuman Dean, is still on the loose. Now Molly is a haunted bounty hunter and all Priest wants is to run a little store with his partner, Lamarr, an ex-slave and ex-Union soldier. But it wont be that easy. First Priest and Lamarr will have to deal with Septemus Hart, the wealthy landowner whos out to own the whole town. Then, when Molly has to give up the hunt, it will fall to Priest to finally track down Yuman Dean and make him pay.