Body Language (Paperback)

A serial rapist-killer is picking his victims among the young women of Miami. His crime scenes are recorded by police photographer Alexandra Rafferty, whose husband, meanwhile, has developed the 'chaos theory of crime' and is planning to put it into practice with a security truck heist. The evil of the psychopath and the weird comedy of the exotic Florida lowlife coexist seamlessly in a plot that leads to Seaside, the idyllic resort on the state's gulf coast. Alexandra's sidekick, her Alzheimer-suffering father, is a true fiction original as she tries to make sense of the present and her own troubled past. By turns sharply funny and powerfully scary, Hall makes a refreshingly enjoyable contribution to the Florida thriller genre. (Kirkus UK)

"'Body Language' seduces you, then grabs you and never lets you go. This is a first-rate thriller by a master writer."

When Alexandra Rafferty was a girl, something unspeakably cruel happened to her on a summer afternoon. Only her father knew about it – or so she thought. Now a forensic photographer for the Miami PD, Alexandra remains haunted by that terrible day, and it all comes flooding back when she gets caught up in a gruesome series of murders that seem to speak to her long-hidden past. Soon her personal life spins out of control, sending Alexandra on the run – from her husband, from the crooks after him, from a surprisingly persistent boyfriend, and from a killer who's bent on making sure Alexandra won't live long enough to translate his message.

"Like top-drawer Elmore Leonard turned inside out – funnier, much more skewed, substantially more moving. Hall's psychopaths are so well drawn and amusing that it makes you giddy."
JAMES ELLROY

"Hall is the master of surprise…his writing runs as clear and fast as the Gulf Stream waters."
'New York Times Book Review'

"Rafferty is a fabulous addition to the ranks of law enforcement."
SUE GRAFTON

General

Imprint:	HarperCollinsPublishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2000
Authors:	James Hall
Dimensions:	178 x 111 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-651275-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General
LSN:	0-00-651275-5
Barcode:	9780006512752

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