Patric Quinn

A Manuscript to Die for Patric Quinn

A Manuscript to Die For

by Patric Quinn

Dive into a story that is authentically original, fast and sinister, that grows beyond its violent chase to reveal an evil so ingenious that it will chill the shadowy corners of the reader?s imagination?.long after finishing the book.

An editor?s critique said: ?Plot, pace and characters are very strong?.?

K. G. Lawton, author of The Recovery said: ??.true to life. The plot is excellent and, incidentally, you can see it coming true every day.?

D. LaFleur said: ?John Sanford, Stephen Hunter, too; the writing has the same undertones. The dialogue is GREAT! I completely adored the conversations. Fantastic plot! Good job!!?

S. Marshall, author of How to Grow a Backbone said: ?I love the feel of the writing, shades of Ayn Rand. It?s edgy, tough, daring, smart. Quinn says, ?Come on, baby, we?re going to have some fun.? Loved it.?

Detective Sergeant Kevin Reilly slops through the slush on a bitter cold January night to take charge of a fatal mugging on the snowy streets of New York. He lifts the cover from the victim and recoils at the faceless destruction. The sole identification is the victim?s name on a paycheck stub, Henry Benson. But with such cruel destruction and such a peculiar weapon Reilly knows this is no routine mugging. ?Who are you, Henry?? murmurs Reilly. ?And just what the hell have you done?? As Reilly pursues Henry?s identity through a colorful cast of saints and sinners, writers and publishers, the more he learns and the stranger the mystery becomes. Complex twists come faster with a copy-cat killing three-thousand miles away that leads him to Los Angeles and San Francisco. A surprise deadly gunfight roaring through the San Francisco night spins his chase in a new direction and opens links into an even more sinister puzzle. Reilly forges a fragile alliance with a killer and plunges into danger he doesn?t understand and can only deal with on his instincts and experience. His contemptuous nemesis, Nolan Farr, says, ?You?re beyond your jurisdiction, Sergeant. And beyond your depth.? Reilly knows it and his desperate action ends in an explosive climax on a storm whipped mountaintop. This original and contemporary theme and the outcome will leave you wondering: Could this be real, could this be happening now? Is this story prophetic? What will you think?