A startling new voice in psychological suspense has arrived. Criminal psychologist Dr. Brad Kelln's debut novel is a disturbing tale of hidden sins, human frailty and pure evil. Edward Carter is a psychotic serial rapist whose violent crimes leave his victims insane and suicidal. Hot on the case, family man and veteran detective Mitchell Wa catches a lead and captures Carter. But the trouble really starts when the suspect is sent to a maximum security psychiatric facility where the staff soon learn that Carter has the power to make anyone lose their sanity.
After the explosive capture of serial rapist Edward Carter, it seems the city of Halifax has survived one of the greatest evils it has ever witnessed. However, just less than a year later, frightening things begin to happen to normal people. Expert forensic psychologist Dr. Michael Wenton and Sergeant Michell Wa of the Halifax Regional Police find themselves struggling to put the Carter case behind them.
Inspired by a real manuscript in the rare book library at Yale Universityand centering on the insights of an autistic childthis fast-moving mystery brings together the fields of cryptology, church history, and clinical psychology. As the tale begins, Father Ronald McCallum is a Vatican guard secretly placed to watch over a 400-year-old document written in a code that has never been deciphered. He is startled one day when a boy visiting the library appears to read from the manuscripts pages. After some consultation, the Vatican decides to send in an expertFather Benicio Valori, a priest and clinical psychologistto verify the boys surprising skills. These efforts are thwarted, however, when the manuscript is stolen by mysterious agents hoping to prevent its secrets from being exposed. Fearing for the childs life, Father Valori takes young Matthew and flees to Canada to consult his trusted friend, Dr. Jake Tunnel, a fellow psychologist; and soon the two men begin to unveil the biblical origins of the stolen manuscriptand to develop a theory of their own about why this autistic child can decode it so successfully.
After the explosive capture of serial rapist Edward Carter, it seems the city of Halifax has survived one of the greatest evils it has ever witnessed. However, just less than a year later, frightening things begin to happen to normal people. Expert forensic psychologist Dr. Michael Wenton and Sergeant Michell Wa of the Halifax Regional Police find themselves struggling to put the Carter case behind them.
Inspired by a real manuscript in the rare book library at Yale Universityand centering on the insights of an autistic childthis fast-moving mystery brings together the fields of cryptology, church history, and clinical psychology. As the tale begins, Father Ronald McCallum is a Vatican guard secretly placed to watch over a 400-year-old document written in a code that has never been deciphered. He is startled one day when a boy visiting the library appears to read from the manuscripts pages. After some consultation, the Vatican decides to send in an expertFather Benicio Valori, a priest and clinical psychologistto verify the boys surprising skills. These efforts are thwarted, however, when the manuscript is stolen by mysterious agents hoping to prevent its secrets from being exposed. Fearing for the childs life, Father Valori takes young Matthew and flees to Canada to consult his trusted friend, Dr. Jake Tunnel, a fellow psychologist; and soon the two men begin to unveil the biblical origins of the stolen manuscriptand to develop a theory of their own about why this autistic child can decode it so successfully.
In the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University there lies a 400-year-old document that no one has been able to decipher. Twenty years ago the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith secretly placed a guard to watch over the document. The guard, Father Ronald McCallum, is overwhelmed when an autistic child visiting the library appears to read from the manuscript's pages. Finally its secrets will be revealed! Father Benicio Valori, priest and clinical psychologist, is sent halfway around the world to verify the boy's ability to read the manuscript . When the manuscript is stolen, things begin to unravel"---English publisher.
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