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Lee Campbell Mystery #5
Silent Stalker
HE CALLS HIMSELF "CARVER"He likes killing. But he knows he must be patient, like an actor preparing for a role. He must cast the part of the victim. Stage the scene of the crime. Find the motivation to kill. Then, with blade in hand, he must make it real. So real, it hurts…DEATH WEARS A MASKNYPD profiler Lee Campbell arrives to find the victim lying in the lobby of her building. In a pool of blood. Wearing a white mask. When he learns the girl was an actress, he follows the trail to an off-Broadway theater where she was rehearsing for a play. But Campbell suspects the killer was rehearsing, too—for another murder—because one of the victim’s co-stars has just received a "You’re next."Praise for the Thrillers of C. E. Lawrence"Pulse-racing, compelling, first-rate."—John Lutz"Startlingly suspenseful…an extraordinary page-turner."—Cody Mcfadyen"Fascinating characters. . . . a great story."—J. T. Ellison16,800 Words.
92 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
C.E. Lawrence
14 books101 followersCAROLE BUGGÉ (CAROLE LAWERENCE, C. E. LAWRENCE, ELIZABETH BLAKE) has too many pen names. She has published sixteen novels, six novellas and several dozen short stories and poems, many appearing in translation internationally. Her most recent novel, Cleopatra’s Dagger, was nominated for an Edgar Award as Best Original Paperback. She has also recently published Pride, Prejudice and Poison, under the pen name Elizabeth Blake.
Her play Strings Attached was recently produced Off Broadway on Theatre Row by The Pulse Theatre. Winner of both the Euphoria Poetry Competition and the Eve of St. Agnes Poetry Award, she is a two-time Pushcart Poetry Prize nominee and First Prize winner of the Maxim Mazumdar Playwriting Competition, the Chronogram Literary Fiction Prize, Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Award, and the Jean Paiva Memorial Fiction Award. She was a finalist in the McClaren, MSU and Henrico Playwriting Competitions, and was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award. Her plays and musicals have been presented nationally and internationally. She was sponsored by The Paper Mill Playhouse for a TCG Playwriting Award two years in a row and was a Playwriting Fellowship finalist at Manhattan Theatre Club. Her most recent musical is Murder on Bond Street, which is based on a true story.
She was Featured Composer at the Broadway Songbook at Lincoln Center, and Featured Poet in both China Grove Literary Magazine and Quill and Parchment Poetry Magazine. She is a Fellow of Hawthornden International Writers Retreat, and was Writer in Residence at Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Lacawac Sanctuary and Karuna Colony. She teaches writing at NYU and Gotham Writers Workshop, as well as the Cape Cod and San Miguel Writers Conferences. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Authors Guild, Sisters In Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America.
In a past life, she made a living acting and doing improv comedy and is a self-described science geek. She also founded The Montclair Maulers, the first women’s rugby team in New Jersey. They did not win a single game for three seasons. She can often be found hunting mushrooms in the woods or playing Bach on the piano when no one is listening.
Her play Strings Attached was recently produced Off Broadway on Theatre Row by The Pulse Theatre. Winner of both the Euphoria Poetry Competition and the Eve of St. Agnes Poetry Award, she is a two-time Pushcart Poetry Prize nominee and First Prize winner of the Maxim Mazumdar Playwriting Competition, the Chronogram Literary Fiction Prize, Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Award, and the Jean Paiva Memorial Fiction Award. She was a finalist in the McClaren, MSU and Henrico Playwriting Competitions, and was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award. Her plays and musicals have been presented nationally and internationally. She was sponsored by The Paper Mill Playhouse for a TCG Playwriting Award two years in a row and was a Playwriting Fellowship finalist at Manhattan Theatre Club. Her most recent musical is Murder on Bond Street, which is based on a true story.
She was Featured Composer at the Broadway Songbook at Lincoln Center, and Featured Poet in both China Grove Literary Magazine and Quill and Parchment Poetry Magazine. She is a Fellow of Hawthornden International Writers Retreat, and was Writer in Residence at Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Lacawac Sanctuary and Karuna Colony. She teaches writing at NYU and Gotham Writers Workshop, as well as the Cape Cod and San Miguel Writers Conferences. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Authors Guild, Sisters In Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America.
In a past life, she made a living acting and doing improv comedy and is a self-described science geek. She also founded The Montclair Maulers, the first women’s rugby team in New Jersey. They did not win a single game for three seasons. She can often be found hunting mushrooms in the woods or playing Bach on the piano when no one is listening.
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October 8, 2012
This is the 4th mystery by C.E Lawrence (pen-name of entertainment artist Carole Bugge) that I have read. The first two were novels - the third was a short story - this last one is a novella. I have found her shorter works to be her best: gripping, fast moving, chilling. They're all set in NYC - a city she knows well and obviously loves. In "Silent Stalker", she takes us to the "off-off-Broadway" theatre scene, a world which, as a succesfull artist herself, she knows intimately.
October 9, 2012
Another great story in the Lee Campbell series. CE Lawrence continues to shine with a great protagonist and twisting-turning mysteries that keep you guessing until the end. I highly recommend the series to anyone that enjoys a good mystery.
March 13, 2024
Didn’t realize this was a novella, at best. While containing the formulaic protagonist Lee Campbell and colleagues, a demented killer, and young female victims there was none of the underlying story of Campbell’s own phone stalker teasing about his sister’s disappearance contained in the previous works. Disappointed that I didn’t look more closely to this short story format when I purchased so I’d have set my expectations accordingly.
October 10, 2024
It kinda felt underwhelming. I’m a big fan of the series, but this felt almost too quick, even for a novella. It would’ve been nice to see how Lee resolved things with his dad, or get a set in stone answer for what happened to Laura, not just a ‘is she alive or dead’ kinda thing, which was still being debated. It wasn’t terrible, but it could’ve been better.
August 23, 2023
Ho-hum murder mystery. Good thing it was soo short so I didn't invest too much time in this book.
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July 4, 2019
Reads like a short stofyt
Interesting but it ended too soon. I would have liked a little more about how Lee resolved his conflict with his father
Interesting but it ended too soon. I would have liked a little more about how Lee resolved his conflict with his father
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