{"product_id":"9781516101832","title":"Deranged","description":"\"A fascinating and exciting blend of misdirection, topsy-turvy, and violence.\" -Reed Farrel Coleman\u003cbr\u003e\"A dark and different serial killer novel that will haunt the reader long after the book is closed.\" -John Lutz\u003cbr\u003e\"Los Angeles has seldom seen such grisly fun. It's James Ellroy meets Alfred Hitchcock on the psychotic side of the street.\" -Paul Levine\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most compelling, thrilling, and truth be told, at times look-away-from-page-frightening serial killer novels I've read in a long, long time.\" -Vincent Zandri\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing L.A. investigator Morris Brick, a former homicide cop on the trail of a murderous psychopath who gives a terrifying new meaning to the word DERANGED . . .\u003cbr\u003eThey call him the Skull Cracker Killer. He drugs his victims. Breaks open their skulls with a hammer and chisel. The rest is inhuman. \u003cbr\u003eFive years ago he terrorized New York City, claiming twelve victims before the killing stopped. Now he's racking up victims on a fresh hunting ground. Where former LAPD homicide detective Morris Brick is working as a consultant on a serial-killer film. Where a desperate mayor pleads with Brick to take on the case. And where the only way he can stop the next wave of murders is by outsmarting a madman-before he strikes again, this time much too close to home . . .","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045445320944,"sku":"9781516101832","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781516101832_p0.jpg?v=1763726814","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781516101832","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}