内容简介
Aspectacularlyoriginalthrilleraboutaprofessionaltorturerwhohasastrictcode,amysteriouspast,andadangerousconvictionthathecansavethelifeofaninnocentchildGeigerhasagift:heknowsalietheinstanthehearsit.Andinhisbusiness—called"informationretrieval"byitspractitioners—thatgiftisinvaluable,becausetruthisthehottestthingonthemarket.Geiger'sclientscountonhimtoextractthetruthfromeventhemostreluctantsubjects.Unlikemostofhiscompetitors,Geigerrarelyshedsblood,buthedoesuseavarietyoftechniques—somephysical,manypsychological—topushhissubjectstoapointwherepaintakesabackseattofear.Becauseonlythenwilltheyfinallystoplying.OneofGeiger'srulesisthatheneverworkswithchildren.Sowhenhispartner,formerjournalistHarryBoddicker,unwittinglybringsinaclientwhodemandsthatGeigerinterrogateatwelve-year-oldboy,Geigerrespondsinstinctively.Herescuestheboyfromhiscaptor,removeshimtothesafetyofhisNewYorkCityloft,andpromisestoprotecthimfromfurtherharm.ButifGeigerandHarrycannotquicklydiscoverwhytheclientissodesperatetolearntheboy'ssecret,theythemselveswillbecomethevictimsofanutterlyruthlessadversary.Mesmerizingandheart-in-your-throatcompelling,TheInquisitorisacompletelyuniquethrillerthatintroducesbothanunforgettableprotagonistandamajornewtalentinMarkAllenSmith.
作者简介
MarkAllenSmithisasuccessfultelevisionanddocumentaryfilmproducerandscreenwriter.TheInquisitor,featuringthecontroversialheroknownonlyas?Geiger,ishisfirstnovel.Mark'sexperienceinvestigatingfeaturesfortheacclaimedABC-TVnewsmagazineprogram,"20/20,"plantedtheseedforhisdebutthrillerwhenhewasinvolvedwithastorydatingfromthe1970sabouttheremarkablybrutaltortureandmurderofa17-year-oldinParaguay,thelasttruedictatorshipintheWesternHemisphere.?HewasfurtherinspiredtoactionbytheshockingdeathofLisaSteinbergattheabusivehandsofheradoptivefather;thiseventuncorkedongoinginterestinthecorrosiveeffectofphysicalandpsychologicalpressureonchildrenandotherinnocents.?Hisjourneyofresearchconvincedhimthatthenovelwashisbestwaytobringhisstorytothelargestpossibleaudience.Along-timeresidentofWestchesterCounty,MarkAllenSmithnowlivesinNewYorkCity’sHarlemwithhiswife,Cathy,andablendedfamilyofsixchildren.HeispresentlyworkingonthesequeltoTheInquisitor,alsofeaturingGeiger.--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.