Publisher Description

NOWHERE IS SACRED. NOWHERE IS SAFE. Fans of Karen Rose and Nora Roberts will love Lisa Jackson's chilling new novel about a killer striking in the holiest of places.Sister Camille, a troubled novice, is found garrotted in St Marguerite's cathedral. Bentz and Montoya discover this case is close to home - Montoya knew Camille previously as his brother's girlfriend and they even know the prime suspect: the priest Frank O'Toole, father of Camille's unborn child. When more nuns are brutally slaughtered by someone who seems to know their darkest secrets, Bentz is sure Father O'Toole is their man. But the truth is even more twisted and terrifying than they first imagined ...

Notes

Set in New Orleans, Devious features Jackson's popular detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya. It centres around the brutal murders of a succession of nuns by a killer who seems to know their darkest secrets.

Author Biography

LISA JACKSON is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy-five novels, including You Betrayed Me, Paranoid, If Only She Knew, Willing to Die, Liar Liar and The Last Sinner. She has over thirty million copies of her books in print in nineteen languages. She lives with her family and a rambunctious pug in the Pacific Northwest. Find out more at

Review

Lisa Jackson shows yet again why she is one of the best at romantic suspense. A pure nail biter. - Harlan Coben on YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOWShiveringly good suspense! Lisa Jackson ratchets up the tension as one woman's desperate search for her missing son takes her to the very brink of losing her husband, her sanity, her very self. Each chapter will leave you wondering who to trust. The answer: You don't want to know... - Lisa Gardner on YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOWAbsolutely tension filled... Jackson is on top of her game. - Suspense Magazine on TELL METhe spookily atmospheric plot is jam-packed with scary chills and sexy thrills. - Booklist on TELL MEa fast moving thriller with plenty of twists and turns, and an easy flowing style that readily catches the reader up in its thrall. - Canberra Times on MALICEGripping... Jackson heightens the creep factor. - Publisher s Weekly on MALICEAs a beach read, this is a cracker. Read it at night and it certainly will keep you up. For after the prologue, Jackson slips into her real agenda, and out of your comfort zone. - Courier Mail, Brisbane on DEEP FREEZETense... Suspenseful . . . shocking . . . will leave readers on the edge of their seats. - Booklist on ABSOLUTE FEAR

Promotional

Detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya must track down a killer who strikes in the holiest of places, in this gripping thriller by Number One bestseller Lisa Jackson.

Long Description

NOWHERE IS SACRED. NOWHERE IS SAFE. Fans of Karen Rose and Nora Roberts will love Lisa Jackson's chilling new novel about a killer striking in the holiest of places.Sister Camille, a troubled novice, is found garrotted in St Marguerite's cathedral. Bentz and Montoya discover this case is close to home - Montoya knew Camille previously as his brother's girlfriend and they even know the prime suspect: the priest Frank O'Toole, father of Camille's unborn child. When more nuns are brutally slaughtered by someone who seems to know their darkest secrets, Bentz is sure Father O'Toole is their man. But the truth is even more twisted and terrifying than they first imagined ...

Review Quote

Lisa Jackson shows yet again why she is one of the best at romantic suspense. A pure nail biter. - Harlan Coben on YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOWShiveringly good suspense! Lisa Jackson ratchets up the tension as one woman's desperate search for her missing son takes her to the very brink of losing her husband, her sanity, her very self. Each chapter will leave you wondering who to trust. The answer: You don't want to know... - Lisa Gardner on YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOWAbsolutely tension filled... Jackson is on top of her game. - Suspense Magazine on TELL METhe spookily atmospheric plot is jam-packed with scary chills and sexy thrills. - Booklist on TELL MEa fast moving thriller with plenty of twists and turns, and an easy flowing style that readily catches the reader up in its thrall. - Canberra Times on MALICEGripping... Jackson heightens the creep factor. - Publisher s Weekly on MALICEAs a beach read, this is a cracker. Read it at night and it certainly will keep you up. For after the prologue, Jackson slips into her real agenda, and out of your comfort zone. - Courier Mail, Brisbane on DEEP FREEZETense... Suspenseful . . . shocking . . . will leave readers on the edge of their seats. - Booklist on ABSOLUTE FEAR

Promotional "Headline"

Detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya must track down a killer who strikes in the holiest of places, in this gripping thriller by Number One bestseller Lisa Jackson.

Description for Sales People

Hodder aims for Lisa Jackson to find the same recognition in the Australian and New Zealand market as she has in the US

Description for Press or Other Media

Set in New Orleans, Devious

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