The sound of a scream

Format:

Book

Title:

The sound of a scream

Author:

Manning, John.

ISBN:

9780786027637

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

380 pages ; 17 cm.

Series title(s):

Pinnacle fiction.

General Note:

"Pinnacle books."

Summary:

"Point Woebegone: From the moment Daphne May steps off the train, it's clear that this small Maine town is aptly named. Even before she reaches Swallowtail, the windswept house where she'll be working as a governess, Daphne's sense of foreboding is justified. A waitress' gruesome death sets the whole town on edge -- especially the wealthy, eccentric Witherspoon family. There are rumours, hostile whispers. Daphne tries to adjust to her strange surroundings and difficult pupil, finding a friend in local property developer Gregory Winston. Then a killer strikes again -- and again. A psychopath is culling his victims with brutal precision, and Daphne's arrival is far from random. But knowledge may come too late to save her from the secrets in her past, with a killer hiding in plain sight"--Page 4 of cover.

Subject(s):

Governesses -- Fiction.

Psychopaths -- Fiction.

Serial murders -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Genre:

Psychological fiction.

Suspense fiction.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Silver Falls Library	FIC MANNING	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

No Turning Back
Point Woebegone. From the moment Daphne May steps off the train, it's clear that this small Maine town is aptly named. Even before she reaches Swallowtail, the windswept house where she'll be working as a governess, Daphne's sense of foreboding is justified.
Nowhere To Hide
A waitress's gruesome death sets the whole town on edge--especially the wealthy, eccentric Witherspoon family. There are rumors, hostile whispers. Daphne tries to adjust to her strange surroundings and difficult pupil, finding a friend in local property developer Gregory Winston. Then a killer strikes again--and again. . .
No Accidents
A psychopath is culling his victims with brutal precision, and Daphne's arrival is far from random. But knowledge may come too late to save her from the secrets in her past, with a killer hiding in plain sight. . .
"Brilliantly executed. . .this one is not to be missed " --Kevin O'Brien, "New York Times "bestselling author on "All the Pretty Dead Girls "
"If you like Dean Koontz, you'll love John Manning " --Wendy Corsi Staub, "New York Times " bestselling author

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

At the start of this by-the-numbers serial killer thriller from Manning (All the Pretty Girls), 22-year-old orphan Daphne May, fresh out of a convent where she was raised by supportive nuns, arrives by train in Point Woebegone, Maine, to start her first real-world job. The plucky if naive Daphne has accepted a position as governess to eight-year-old Christopher Witherspoon, without having met her employer, the boy's father, or her charge. A handsome stranger gives Daphne a ride to the local inn, where she's horrified to stumble on a waitress with her throat slashed in the ladies' room. Might the clown she saw shortly before in the inn's dining room be the culprit? Sure enough, Christopher's late grandfather, she later learns, was a serial killer of children and dressed as a clown, suggesting a modern-day copycat. The ensuing bloodbath offers few scares and little suspense. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.