WALTERS, Minette - The Devil`s Feather - (Paperback)

Book still in a very good condition - 478 pg.   >>>  Buried secrets and gritty bravery, The Devil's Feather is the psychological thriller from crime queen Minette Walters. Have you ever wanted to bury a secret so deeply that no one will find out about it With private security firms supplying bodyguards in every theatre of war, who will notice the emergence of a sexual psychopath from the ranks of the mercenaries Reuters correspondent Connie Burns is no stranger to the worlds troublespots, including the vicious civil unrest in Sierra Leone and the war in Iraq. But as she begins to suspect that a foreigner is using the chaos of war to act out sadistic fantasies against women, her efforts to bring him to justice leave her devastated. Degraded and terrified, she goes into hiding in England and strikes up a friendship with Jess Derbyshire, a loner whose reclusive nature may well be masking secrets of her own. Connie draws from the other womans strength and makes the hazardous decision to attempt a third unmasking of a serial killer . . . Knowing he will come looking for her . . .   >>>  In each of her previous ten critically acclaimed and hugely popular novels, Minette Walters has explored the dark terrain of the human psyche to give us thrillers of exceptional psychological complexity and suspense. Now, in The Devils Feather, she gives us her most unexpected and electrifying novel yet.   - In 2002, five women are discovered barbarously murdered in Sierra Leone. Reuters Africa correspondent Connie Burns suspects a British mercenary: a man who seems to turn up in every war-torn corner of Africa, whose reputation for violence and brutality is well-founded and widely known. Connies suspicions that hes using the chaos of war to act out sadistic, misogynistic fantasies fall on deaf earsbut shes determined to expose him and his secret.   - The consequences are devastating.   - Connie encounters the man again in Baghdad, but almost immediately shes taken hostage. Released after three desperate days, terrified and traumatized by the experiencefearing that she will never again be the person she once wasConnie retreats to England. She is bent on protecting herself by withholding information about her abduction. But secluded in a remote rented housewhere the jealously guarded history of her landladys family seems to mirror her own fearsshe knows that it is only a matter of time before her nightmares become real . . . .   - With its sinuous plot, its acutely drawn characters, and its blistering suspense, The Devils Feather keeps us riveted from first to last. It is a dazzling reminder of why Publishers Weekly has dubbed Minette Walters Agatha Christie with the gloves off.