A Darker Side of Paradise

<p><b>A brand new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS</b><br><b><br>****</b><br><b><br>Rookie police officer Rachel Hoffman has never seen a dead body before.<br>It will not be her last.<br></b><br>Her first murder case is a young woman - sent off to sleep with a mysterious note that quotes from an eight-hundred year old book: Dante''s <i>Divine Comedy</i>.<br><br>So begins an investigation that will haunt her for the rest of her life, and lead Rachel on a descent into obsession that upends everything she thought she knew about justice.<br><br>As the killings unfold over the decades, Rachel''s obsession will drive her from small-town America through the streets of NYC, to a revelation that will cost her everything.<br><br><b>Because every case she thought she solved was a lie.<br>And the truth is more dangerous than she could have imagined.</b><br><br><b>****</b><br><br> <b>PRAISE FOR R.J. ELLORY</b><br><br> ''Beautiful and haunting... A tour de force'' <b>MICHAEL CONNELLY</b><br><br> ''Beautifully written novels that are also great mysteries'' <b>JAMES PATTERSON</b><br><br> ''A uniquely gifted, passionate, and powerful writer'' <b>ALAN FURST</b><br><br> ''In the top flight of crime writing''<b><i> SUNDAY TELEGRAPH</i></b><br><br> ''The master of the genre''<b> CLIVE CUSSLER</b></p>