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Nightwatcher
Nightwatcher
Author: Charles Wilson
From Publishers Weekly — Wilson's debut--a neat mix of mystery, police procedural and terror--marks him as someone to watch. On the night three men escape from a Mississippi insane asylum, a young nurse is raped and murdered just outside the grounds. Her lawyer father, Brandon Richards, arrives at dawn, mourning Judith and bent on revenge. It...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780843942750
ISBN-10: 0843942754
Pages: 288
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  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Leisure Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed Nightwatcher on + 3152 more book reviews
very good 'who dun it', will keep you up until the last page with twist and turns
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Splendid read! This is one book that has stuck with me - NOT just another one of those books that just "pass in the night" :)
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A hospital for the criminally insane may be the perfect setting for a murder. After all, there are so many available suspects.
A young nurse is found brutally dispatched in her cottage just outside the fence of a rural Mississippi institution that houses the incurable miscreants the criminal justice system would like to forget about. The local sheriff has eleven potential killers available. But when, for a series of bizarre reasons, each is eliminated as the culprit, the investigation turns to the private life of the dead woman. An ex-husband with unusual sexual appetites, an ex-cop turned private detective and a most fearful eyewitness become the focus of an investigation that threatens to reveal the painful secrets of a small community.
In a world where only the crazy know the truth and those charged to heal and protect may be the sick instruments of death, attempting to identify the guilty is a very dangerous business.
Combining elements of the thriller with original characters and an evocative setting, Charles Wilson has fashioned a sophisticated mystery. Nightwatcher transforms lyrical terror into disturbing suspense. This is a novel to be read, talked about and reread.


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