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The Art of Deception (Hardcover)

by Ridley Pearson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (17 Mar 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752856898
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752856896
  • Product Dimensions: 34 x 24.6 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,774,038 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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PRIZES GALORE magazine, chose The Art of Deception as their 'Book of the Month' for March 03 with a detailed summary of the plot. WWW.TANGLED-WEB.CO.UK reviewed The Art of Deception (on site from 21st March 03) with a long summaryof the plot. 'With his gutsy characters and breathless plotting, Pearson has

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Seattle Police forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews, who volunteers as a teenage runaway counselor, is haunted by the loss of a suicide, a 'jumper', of a year earlier. When a woman's body is found beneath the Aurora Bridge, Matthews is one of the first at the scene and begins a puzzling investigation that is entangled with her own past, that of the victim, and even of Seattle itself. Mary-Ann's boyfriend has a record of physical abuse, and an attitude that Matthews finds difficult to crack. When the victim's grieving brother surfaces, throwing blame onto the boyfriend and craving revenge, Matthews gains an unstable ally she does not want. Then the stalking begins: the eerie phone calls, the noises outside the house, the shadows that move in the night. Someone has their eye on Matthews - but to stop her, kill her, or to help her solve the crime? While her colleagues, police lieutenant Lou Boldt and sergeant John LaMoia, pursue a hotel room peeper in hopes of solving a series of disappearances, the police and Matthews herself are led into the 'Underground' - a perfectly preserved city-under-a-city, beneath present-day Seattle. Matthews engages in a mental game of cat-and-mouse, never knowing whom she can trust. Caught up in something that could kill her if she can't solve the homicide, criss-crossing Seattle, diving below the streets to ancient tunnels, running for her life, Matthews must unlock the psychological secrets behind Mary-Ann's death, before she herself is buried alongside her. Matthews' very survival will depend on her skills at the art of deception.

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5.0 out of 5 stars PURE PEARSON - PURE PLEASURE, 30 Aug 2002
By Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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A taping by Dick Hill, named one of the industry's golden voices by AudioFile Magazine, guarantees a first-rate listening experience, which is precisely what one finds with the latest installment of the Boldt/Matthews series by Ridley Pearson.

Seattle police biggie Lou Boldt is trying to track a serial killer, while Daphne Matthews, gorgeous forensic psychologist is investigating the untimely demise of Mary Ann Walker who was thrown (?) jumped (?) from Aurora Bridge. A boyfriend, known for physically abusing Mary Ann, is a prime suspect.

Before we know it Pearson, always a master of surprises, connects the two cases by spotlighting one suspect. However, a solution is never that easy.

Along the way emotions are stirred as a member of Boldt's team finds himself drawn to Daphne, who once had a fling with Boldt. Add a mega underground chase scene through streets long buried beneath contemporary Seattle and you have a high octane finish.

Pure Pearson - pure pleasure.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Are the Killer and the Stalker the Same Person?, 7 Jan 2008
By Katie Osborne (Portland, Oregon and the sunny Caribbean) - See all my reviews
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Seattle Police forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews is asked to aid in the homicide of Mary-Ann Walker, when Walker's body is found under the Aurora Bridge. Ex-lover and boss Lieutenant Lou Boldt is also part of the team.

Walker's abusive boyfriend is a possible suspect. Mary-Ann's brother Ferrell assists the officers immediately after the crime. However, his behavior becomes stranger and stranger and his inappropriate attraction to Daphne increases as the investigation continues. Could he have killed his own sister? Then someone starts stalking Dauphne, someone who is watching her every move.

Boldt investigates another suspicious death within the Underground beneath Seattle and begins to suspect that his case is connected with the Walker homicide.

Pearson combines the investigations of Boldt and Matthews into a thriller you'll be up all night reading, and his description of the Seattle Underground will have you rushing to the internet to check it out.

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