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La Quinta Vittima
Nell`avvincente sequel del romanzo ”La Quarta Scimmia”, un nuovo serial killer si aggira per le strade di Chicago, mentre il detective Porter indaga più a fondo nel passato oscuro dell`assassino delle quattro scimmie.
Il detective Porter e il suo team sono stati sollevati dal caso dell’assassino delle quattro scimmie dai federali. Dare la caccia ad Anson Bishop non è più compito loro. Tuttavia, un nuovo e intricato mistero si profila all’ il corpo di una ragazza viene rinvenuto sotto le acque ghiacciate della laguna di Jackson Park.
Viene subito identificata come Ella Reynolds, scomparsa tre settimane fa. Ma come è arrivata là? La laguna è ghiacciata già da alcuni mesi. E cosa ancora più sconcertante, viene ritrovata con addosso i vestiti di un`altra ragazza, scomparsa da meno di due giorni.
Mentre i detective della Chicago Metro cercano di dare un senso al caso in rapida evoluzione, Porter continua segretamente la ricerca di A4S, sapendo che il modo migliore per trovare Bishop è rintracciare sua madre.
Quando il capitano scopre le attività di Porter, il detective viene sospeso, lasciando i suoi colleghi Clair e Nash a continuare da soli la ricerca del nuovo assassino.
Il detective Porter e il suo team sono stati sollevati dal caso dell’assassino delle quattro scimmie dai federali. Dare la caccia ad Anson Bishop non è più compito loro. Tuttavia, un nuovo e intricato mistero si profila all’ il corpo di una ragazza viene rinvenuto sotto le acque ghiacciate della laguna di Jackson Park.
Viene subito identificata come Ella Reynolds, scomparsa tre settimane fa. Ma come è arrivata là? La laguna è ghiacciata già da alcuni mesi. E cosa ancora più sconcertante, viene ritrovata con addosso i vestiti di un`altra ragazza, scomparsa da meno di due giorni.
Mentre i detective della Chicago Metro cercano di dare un senso al caso in rapida evoluzione, Porter continua segretamente la ricerca di A4S, sapendo che il modo migliore per trovare Bishop è rintracciare sua madre.
Quando il capitano scopre le attività di Porter, il detective viene sospeso, lasciando i suoi colleghi Clair e Nash a continuare da soli la ricerca del nuovo assassino.
698 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 7, 2025
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About the author
J.D. Barker
54 books6,833 followersJ.D. Barker is the New York Times and international best-selling author of numerous novels, including DRACUL and the wildly popular 4MK series. He is currently collaborating with James Patterson. His books have been translated into two dozen languages, sold in more than 150 countries, and optioned for both film and television. Barker resides in coastal New Hampshire with his wife, Dayna, and their daughter, Ember.
A note from J.D.
As a child I was always told the dark could not hurt me, that the shadows creeping in the corners of my room were nothing more than just that, shadows. The sounds nothing more than the settling of our old home, creaking as it found comfort in the earth only to move again when it became restless, if ever so slightly. I would never sleep without closing the closet door, oh no; the door had to be shut tight. The darkness lurking inside needed to be held at bay, the whispers silenced. Rest would only come after I checked under the bed at least twice and quickly wrapped myself in the safety of the sheets (which no monster could penetrate), pulling them tight over my head.
I would never go down to the basement.
Never.
I had seen enough movies to know better, I had read enough stories to know what happens to little boys who wandered off into dark, dismal places alone. And there were stories, so many stories.
Reading was my sanctuary, a place where I could disappear for hours at a time, lost in the pages of a good book. It didn’t take long before I felt the urge to create my own.
I first began to write as a child, spinning tales of ghosts and gremlins, mystical places and people. For most of us, that’s where it begins—as children we have such wonderful imaginations, some of us have simply found it hard to grow up. I’ve spent countless hours trying to explain to friends and family why I enjoy it, why I would rather lock myself in a quiet little room and put pen to paper for hours at a time than throw around a baseball or simply watch television. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I want to do just that, sometimes I wish for it, but even then the need to write is always there in the back of my mind, the characters are impatiently tapping their feet, waiting their turn, wanting to be heard. I wake in the middle of the night and reach for the pad beside my bed, sometimes scrawling page after page of their words, their lives. Then they’re quiet, if only for a little while. To stop would mean madness, or even worse—the calm, numbing sanity I see in others as they slip through the day without purpose. They don’t know what it’s like, they don’t understand. Something as simple as a pencil can open the door to a new world, can create life or experience death. Writing can take you to places you’ve never been, introduce you to people you’ve never met, take you back to when you first saw those shadows in your room, when you first heard the sounds mumbling ever so softly from your closet, and it can show you what uttered them. It can scare the hell out of you, and that’s when you know it’s good.
jd
A note from J.D.
As a child I was always told the dark could not hurt me, that the shadows creeping in the corners of my room were nothing more than just that, shadows. The sounds nothing more than the settling of our old home, creaking as it found comfort in the earth only to move again when it became restless, if ever so slightly. I would never sleep without closing the closet door, oh no; the door had to be shut tight. The darkness lurking inside needed to be held at bay, the whispers silenced. Rest would only come after I checked under the bed at least twice and quickly wrapped myself in the safety of the sheets (which no monster could penetrate), pulling them tight over my head.
I would never go down to the basement.
Never.
I had seen enough movies to know better, I had read enough stories to know what happens to little boys who wandered off into dark, dismal places alone. And there were stories, so many stories.
Reading was my sanctuary, a place where I could disappear for hours at a time, lost in the pages of a good book. It didn’t take long before I felt the urge to create my own.
I first began to write as a child, spinning tales of ghosts and gremlins, mystical places and people. For most of us, that’s where it begins—as children we have such wonderful imaginations, some of us have simply found it hard to grow up. I’ve spent countless hours trying to explain to friends and family why I enjoy it, why I would rather lock myself in a quiet little room and put pen to paper for hours at a time than throw around a baseball or simply watch television. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I want to do just that, sometimes I wish for it, but even then the need to write is always there in the back of my mind, the characters are impatiently tapping their feet, waiting their turn, wanting to be heard. I wake in the middle of the night and reach for the pad beside my bed, sometimes scrawling page after page of their words, their lives. Then they’re quiet, if only for a little while. To stop would mean madness, or even worse—the calm, numbing sanity I see in others as they slip through the day without purpose. They don’t know what it’s like, they don’t understand. Something as simple as a pencil can open the door to a new world, can create life or experience death. Writing can take you to places you’ve never been, introduce you to people you’ve never met, take you back to when you first saw those shadows in your room, when you first heard the sounds mumbling ever so softly from your closet, and it can show you what uttered them. It can scare the hell out of you, and that’s when you know it’s good.
jd
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