The Boys from Santa Cruz

New York: Atria Books, 2010. BV3 - An advance uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkling and crease, light tanning and shelf wear. In his most recent nail-biting psycho-thriller, Jonathan Nasaw takes readers on another chilling journey into the mind of a madman. 9"x6", 306 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. In his four previous novels of suspense, Jonathan Nasaw gave readers a charming and unlikely hero against the forces of evil in former FBI agent E.L. Pender. Now, in The Boys from Santa Cruz, Pender faces his most terrifying foe to date. Luke Sweet hasn't had an easy time of it. Raised by a serial killer father and a psychotic, transsexual stepmother, Little Luke was orphaned at the age of fifteen, packed off to a sadistic wilderness program for juvenile delinquents, and finally committed for life to a gothic insane asylum in the Santa Cruz mountains, where his troubled life apparently ends in a flaming holocaust. But when a mysterious psychopath (and aspiring demon) known as Asmador begins killing off Little Luke's former enemies one by one, then feeding their bodies to the vultures, it's up to Agent Pender to uncover the would-be demon's true identity, then track him down before Pender himself becomes vulture bait. Like James Patterson and John Connolly, Jonathan Nasaw has proven time and again that he has an uncanny, almost eerie, knack for getting inside the labyrinthine and horrifying minds of the most deranged serial killers. With his talent for terror, his dark and quirky sense of humor, and his frightening talent for getting deep under his readers' skins, Nasaw promises to deliver more gripping action and endearingly gruesome detail as he introduces readers to The Boys from Santa Cruz.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).