The Executioner (Robert Hunter, #2)

Chris Carter
Simon & Schuster • 2010

Imagine your worst fear - and then meet your worst nightmare...Inside a Los Angeles church, on the altar steps, lies the blood-soaked, decapitated body of a priest. Carefully positioned, legs stretche...d out, arms crossed over the chest, the most horrifying thing of all is that the priest's head has been replaced by that of a dog. Later, the forensic team discover that, on the victim's chest, the figure '3' has been scrawled in blood.At first, Detective Robert Hunter believes that this is a ritualistic killing. But as more bodies surface, he is forced to reassess. All the victims died in the way they feared the most. Their worst nightmares have literally come true. But how could the killer have known? And what links these apparently random victims?Hunter finds himself on the trail of an elusive and sadistic killer, somone who apparently has the power to read his victims' minds. Someone who can sense what scares his victims the most. Someone who will stop at nothing to achieve his twisted aim.
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Blížia sa najkrajšie sviatky roka. L.A. dýcha vianočnou atmosférou. No vrahovia nespia ani v tomto nádhernom období.Polícia je zavolaná na miesto činu do kostola. Niekto zavraždil kňaza. Zdá sa, že sa jedná o rituálnu vraždu. Keď však obetí pribúda, detektív Hunter musí prehodnotiť svoje závery a zistiť, o čo vlastne ide. Snaží sa dolapiť ďalšieho psychopata, ktorý nemá zľutovanie, a ľudí[...]

Imagine your worst fear - and then meet your worst nightmare...

Inside a Los Angeles church, on the altar steps, lies the blood-soaked, decapitated body of a priest. Carefully positioned, legs stretched out, arms crossed over the chest, the most horrifying thing of all is that the priest's head has been replaced by that of a dog. Later, the forensic team discover that, on the victim's chest, the figure '3' has been scrawled in blood.

At first, Detective Robert Hunter believes that this is a ritualistic killing. But as more bodies surface, he is forced to reassess. All the victims died in the way they feared the most. Their worst nightmares have literally come true. But how could the killer have known? And what links these apparently random victims?

Hunter finds himself on the trail of an elusive and sadistic killer, somone who apparently has the power to read his victims' minds. Someone who can sense what scares his victims the most. Someone who will stop at nothing to achieve his twisted aim.