The Headsman

By James Neal Harvey

In a small town in upstate New York, a legend returns, hungry for blood.

Marcy is nearly asleep when she hears a heavy thump outside her bedroom door. It is not her father;it is not her boyfriend. Who could it be? She cannot help but imagine the headsman -- the mythical town executioner who vanished from Braddock two centuries earlier and is said to return every so often, seeking payment in blood. She knows this is nothing but a silly legend -- until her door creaks open and she sees the man with the ax.

Across town, Karen dreams that she can see through the eyes of a murderer -- the hulking monster that killed poor Marcy. When she wakes, she knows it was not a dream. The headsman has returned to Braddock, and hell gapes wide open behind him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Release date: Jun 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781784085247

James Neal Harvey

James Neal Harvey spent fifteen years in the advertising business before selling his company and devoting himself to writing. He made his hardcover debut in 1990 with By Reason of Insanity, which introduced NYPD detective Ben Tolliver. Harvey followed Tolliver through four more novels, including Painted Ladies, Mental Case, and the concluding thriller, Dead Game. In 2011, Harvey published the nonfiction Sharks of the Air, a detailed history of the development of the first jet fighter, and in 2014, he returned to thrillers with The Big Hit, a mystery about an assassin.