The Stolen Ones

''You turn the pages as if your very life depends on it'' - Daily Mail

Destroyed by fire years ago, the infamous Philadelphia State Hospital was known as a warehouse for the criminally insane.

But one man never left.

By night Luther walks Philadelphia''s backstreets; by day he roams the catacombs beneath the city. Luther is everywhere and nowhere; he''s is in your dreams - and your nightmares.

Then Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are called to a bizarre murder scene: a man has been killed by a railroad spike driven into his head. But this is just the beginning of a trail of evil that will lead Byrne and Balzano back to the hospital, to a missing girl and to a horror they could never have imagined . . .

Praise for Richard Montanari

''A relentlessly suspenseful, soul-chilling thriller that hooks you instantly''
Tess Gerritsen

''The author''s elegiac tone takes the curse off this blood-drenched thriller . . . Gripping''
New York Times (the 10 best crime novels of 2016)

''A master storyteller''
James Ellroy

''Scary good!''
Lisa Gardner

''Taut, propulsive and darkly gripping, Montanari is a master of suspense''
Chris Ewan

''A specialist in serial killer tales . . . a wonderfully evocative writer''
Publishers Weekly

Amazon readers love Richard Montanari

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***** ''This is a chillingly good read with a fast-paced storyline full of twists and turns''

***** ''From start to finish, you never want to stop! You have to know what happened!''

***** ''An outstanding tale with as many twists as a game of snakes and ladders''

***** ''One of the best crime/thriller writers''

***** ''Amazing''

***** ''Richard Montanari never lets you down. The ending is always a surprise''

***** ''So easy to pick up, so hard to put down''