Joe Victim
A Thriller
by Paul Cleave
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Pub Date Sep 03 2013 | Archive Date Jul 04 2013
Description
NOMINATED FOR THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Sometimes reality can really get in the way of a good story.
Joe Middleton’s story is this: He doesn’t remember killing anyone, so there’ s no way a jury can convict him of serial murder. He calls himself Joe Victim, trying, as he awaits trial, to convince the psychiatrists that he wasn’t in control of his actions, trusting that the system will save him in the end.
But others know Joe as the infamous Christchurch Carver and they want to see him dead. There’s Melissa, Joe’s accomplice in one of the murders, who plans on shooting him on his way to the courthouse before he gets a chance to start talking. Then there’s Raphael, whose daughter was one of the Carver’s victims. Though he’s tried to move on with life as the leader of a counseling group for grieving family members, he’d like nothing more than to watch Joe pay. Finally there’s Carl Schroder, the ex-detective who locked Joe up and is determined to put things right for the case of his career.
To extract himself from this epic mess, Joe has come up with a desperate plan involving a television psychic who’s looking to get rich by making people believe just about anything. It’s a long shot, but it had better work before he becomes the poster boy for a death penalty that may be reinstated in New Zealand, which isn’t quite the dramatic ending he is hoping for…
Sometimes reality can really get in the way of a good story.
Joe Middleton’s story is this: He doesn’t remember killing anyone, so there’ s no way a jury can convict him of serial murder. He calls himself Joe Victim, trying, as he awaits trial, to convince the psychiatrists that he wasn’t in control of his actions, trusting that the system will save him in the end.
But others know Joe as the infamous Christchurch Carver and they want to see him dead. There’s Melissa, Joe’s accomplice in one of the murders, who plans on shooting him on his way to the courthouse before he gets a chance to start talking. Then there’s Raphael, whose daughter was one of the Carver’s victims. Though he’s tried to move on with life as the leader of a counseling group for grieving family members, he’d like nothing more than to watch Joe pay. Finally there’s Carl Schroder, the ex-detective who locked Joe up and is determined to put things right for the case of his career.
To extract himself from this epic mess, Joe has come up with a desperate plan involving a television psychic who’s looking to get rich by making people believe just about anything. It’s a long shot, but it had better work before he becomes the poster boy for a death penalty that may be reinstated in New Zealand, which isn’t quite the dramatic ending he is hoping for…
Advance Praise
“Piano wire–taut plotting,
Tate’s heart-wrenching losses and forlorn hopes, and Cleave’s unusually
perceptive gaze into the maw of a killer’s madness make this a standout chapter
in his detective’s rocky road to redemption.” — Publishers Weekly
(starred) on The Laughterhouse
“A wonderful book.... The final effect is that tingling in the neck hairs that tells us an artist is at work.” —Booklist (starred review) on The Laughterhouse
“An intense adrenalin rush from start to finish, I read The Laughterhouse in one sitting. It’ll have you up all night. Fantastic!” — S.J. Watson, New York Times bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep on The Laughterhouse
“A wonderful book.... The final effect is that tingling in the neck hairs that tells us an artist is at work.” —Booklist (starred review) on The Laughterhouse
“An intense adrenalin rush from start to finish, I read The Laughterhouse in one sitting. It’ll have you up all night. Fantastic!” — S.J. Watson, New York Times bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep on The Laughterhouse
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781451677980 |
| PRICE | $7.99 (USD) |
