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Cody McFadyen


Born
Fort Worth, Texas, The United States
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Influences
Stephen King


Cody McFadyen was an international bestselling author of six thrillers. Five of those thrillers are centered around FBI special agent Smoky Barrett, who hunts serial killers. In 2011 his stand alone thriller Der Menschenmacher was published in Germany with no English translation. Before releasing book five in the Smoky Barrett series in 2016, McFadyen took four years off to care for his ailing parents. According to his German publisher he was the father of a daughter and lived in Southern California. Cody McFadyen passed away in May 2023.

Average rating: 4.11 · 45,857 ratings · 3,150 reviews · 36 distinct worksSimilar authors
Shadow Man (Smoky Barrett, #1)

4.15 avg rating — 15,098 ratings — published 2006
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The Face of Death (Smoky Ba...

4.25 avg rating — 9,455 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Abandoned (Smoky Barrett #4)

4.15 avg rating — 7,848 ratings — published 2009 — 55 editions
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The Darker Side (Smoky Barr...

4.11 avg rating — 7,805 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Die Stille vor dem Tod (Smo...

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Der Menschenmacher

3.82 avg rating — 2,029 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions
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Die Blutlinie / Der Todeskü...

4.49 avg rating — 696 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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Die Blutlinie / Der Todeskü...

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Das Böse in uns/Ausgelöscht...

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“She doesn't speak, and I say nothing more. We just stare at each other, letting the tears roll down our cheeks. That's what tears are for, after all. A way for the soul to bleed.”
Cody McFadyen, Shadow Man

“That's what tears are for, after all. A way for the soul to bleed. Pg. 109”
Cody McFadyen, Shadow Man

“Life is monstrous, but life is beautiful”
Cody McFadyen

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