The Stolen Ones, Richard Montanari
The Stolen Ones, Richard Montanari
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The Stolen Ones

Author: Richard Montanari

Narrator: William Hope

Unabridged: 13 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/25/2014


Synopsis

In Richard Montanari's chilling new suspense novel, a sealed-off network of secret passages connects all of Philadelphia to the killer hidden within.

Luther Wade grew up in Cold River, a warehouse for the criminally insane. Two decades ago the hospital closed it doors forever, but Luther never left. He wanders the catacombs beneath the city, channeling the violent dreams of Eduard Kross, Europe's most prolific serial killer of the 20th century.

A two-year-old girl is found wandering the streets of Philadelphia in the middle of the night by detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano. She does not speak, but she may hold the key to solving a string of murders committed in and around Priory Park. As the detectives investigate, more bodies are found at Priory Park, and they're drawn closer and closer to the doors of Luther's devious maze and the dark secrets of Cold River.

About Richard Montanari

A novelist, screenwriter, and essayist, Richard Montanari's work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and scores of other national and regional publications. He is the OLMA-winning author of the internationally acclaimed thrillers Deviant Way and The Violet Hour that have now been published in more than twenty countries. Montanari currently makes his home in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is slavish only to the high arts of boxing, Italian food, and independent film.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on December 26, 2023

Glad to be back into Balzano/Byrne. This time they are chasing a very mysterious suspect. It's about murder, an old asylum, the "dream merchants", crawlspaces. The case leads back to Estonia. Will our two main detectives be able to track a subject down? Is the case really over in the end or might th......more

Goodreads review by Luna on July 16, 2021

I often buy books that are marked down in price. They are just so pricy these days. I have to admit I have a knack of finding what I like without knowing too much about them. Goodreads though is helping me become more and more aware of books that I think I will like so hunting has gotten a bit easie......more

Goodreads review by Kristin on July 23, 2016

[URL not allowed] When The Stolen Ones opens, Jessica Balzano is in law school and eventually plans to leave the force, but she still works in the Special Investigations Unit in homicide. She catches a case that involves a businessman, Robert Freitag, who was found in Priory Pa......more

Goodreads review by Paula on July 14, 2022

A mysterious man by the name of Luther is murdering people who seemingly have no connection. And what does his killings have to do with an old psychiatric asylum? And what does it have to do with another serial killer who has been operating since the 1930s in Estonia? And what does it have to do wit......more

Goodreads review by Curlyhair on April 11, 2017

One of my fav series to read. Balzano and Byrne are good strong characters, who compliment each other well. Another great story, with a few twists and turns, keeping you interested right to the very end.......more


Quotes

PRAISE FOR RICHARD MONTANARI:

"Richard Montanari's writing is both terrifying and lyrical, a killer combination that makes him a true stand-out in the crowded thriller market. A master storyteller at his very best."—Tess Gerritsen

"A master storyteller. Be prepared to stay up all night."—James Ellroy

"Psychologically dark, strangely erotic and definitely hard to put down. A winner."—Nelson Demille, on Deviant Way

"A writer whose prose can capture quite extraordinary subtleties....one of the best in the business".—Thomas H. Cook

"Richard Montanari's vivid portrayal of a serial killing bad-dream team is sick, kinky, realistic, scary as hell and absolutely great."—Kinky Friedman, on Deviant Way