The Thief of All Light, Bernard Schaffer
The Thief of All Light, Bernard Schaffer
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The Thief of All Light

Author: Bernard Schaffer

Narrator: Neil Hellegers

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/31/2018


Synopsis

"It was one thing to fantasize about evil, to reach into the darkness and play with it a little . . ."

Rookie cop Carrie Santero has always been fascinated by serial killers. As a teenager, she wrote a letter to Charles Manson in prison—and received a chilling reply. Then she came face to face with a child murderer in her small Pennsylvania town, an encounter that haunts her to this day. Now, as a detective in training, she finally has her chance to make a difference; to hunt down a psychopathic sadist who embodies the very nature of evil itself.

". . . but it was something different when it knew your name."

The killer draws inspiration from the most twisted minds in modern crime. Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Ed Gein. The Green River Killer. As the body count rises, Carrie and her boss, Chief Bill Waylon, realize they're dealing with an unpredictable "omnikiller" who cannot be profiled. Their only hope is to enlist the help of Jacob Rein, a brilliant but tarnished former detective who has plumbed the darkest recesses of the soul. Who has seen the heart of darkness. And whose insights on evil could lead Carrie to the point of no return.

About Bernard Schaffer

Bernard Schaffer is an author, full-time police detective, and father of two. As a twenty-year law enforcement veteran, he is a decorated criminal investigator, narcotics expert, and child forensic interviewer. Schaffer is the author of numerous independently published books and series. He lives and works in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy on June 21, 2019

Unputdownable! Veteran police detective and author Bernard Schaffer gives us a powerful new thriller in the 1st book of his Santero and Rein series, "The Thief Of All Light". Rookie police officer Carrie Santero has always been fascinated by serial killers. In her small Pennsylvania town she had an en......more

Goodreads review by Bandit on May 18, 2018

The rookie female cop teaming up with an older traumatized male detective to solve crimes is a formula done to death both in tv and books. The only thing setting these stories apart now is the quality. And here the quality is definitely present, mainly in form of a particular authenticity the author......more

Goodreads review by Theresa on October 08, 2018

Police procedural crime thrillers are my favourite within the crime genre, their gritty authenticity elevating them far above the growing body of domestic noir thrillers that are saturating the market at present. The Thief of Light is top shelf crime fiction, a sophisticated combination of police pr......more

Goodreads review by Robin Loves on August 16, 2019

A story about detectives written by a detective. In this thrilling start to a new series by Bernard Schaffer, Carrie Santero is a rookie cop who has managed to become a detective in the small town of Pennsylvania where she lives. Carrie has always had a fascination with the criminal mind. When she w......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on June 08, 2018

I always enjoy a good thriller, and this definitely is a good one. I peeled through the last hundred pages, desperate to know what would happen. It’s obvious that Schaffer has experience in law enforcement. His characters are multi-dimensional and complex. Their voices and struggles are vivid and cl......more