What waits for you : Detective Tully Jarsdel mysteries #2 / Joseph Schneider.

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Title:

What waits for you : Detective Tully Jarsdel mysteries #2 / Joseph Schneider.

Author:

Schneider, Joseph, 1981-

ISBN:

9781492684473

Physical Description:

375 pages

Series:

Detective Tully Jarsdel Mysteries #2

Abstract:

"The nightmare descends on a Tuesday. A routine welfare check on an older married couple turns into something out of a horror movie when their bodies are discovered mutilated inside their house. After two other couples die, it becomes clear that there's a serial killer stalking Hollywood. Dubbed the "Eastside Creeper," the murderer camps out in crawl spaces of his victims' homes, sometimes for days, before killing them. And then, like smoke, he vanishes. Detective Tully Jarsdel is intrigued by the Eastside Creeper. His methods are grotesque, his path unpredictable. And as the murders become more gruesome and the clues more inscrutable, Jarsdel's background in academia and willingness to look beneath the surface might be the only tools the LAPD has to stop the bloodshed"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Jarsdel, Tully (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

East Indian Americans -- Fiction.

Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.

Serial murder investigation -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.

Married people -- Crimes against -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

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Summary

A serial killer lurks in people's homes for hours or days before he strikes...

The nightmare descends on a Tuesday. An elderly couple's home is transformed into a scene straight out of a horror film, their mutilated bodies the only clue left behind by the killer--and they are only the unlucky first in a series of impossible crimes. Soon dubbed the Eastside Creeper, the murderer stalks Hollywood, camping out undetected in his victims' homes until he's ready to strike. After killing, he vanishes like smoke.

Considered an expert in the grotesque, Detective Tully Jarsdel lands this seemingly unsolvable case. Jarsdel, an academic-turned-cop, is intrigued by the Eastside Creeper. The Creeper's methods are vicious, his path untraceable--nothing about this killer makes sense. But as the murders become more gruesome and the clues more inscrutable, widespread panic sets in. And amid the terror and suspicion, Jarsdel's unconventional investigation may be the only thing left between a killer and a city about to descend into chaos.

What Waits for You is the hardboiled detective story of a terrified community, the only cop in LA who might be able to put a stop to the hysteria, and a murderer with nothing left to lose.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Schneider's mesmerizing sequel to 2020's One Day You'll Burn features a chillingly brutal murderer, nicknamed the Creeper, who sneaks into his victims' homes, where he hides for hours or longer before killing them and mutilating their corpses. Tully Jarsdel, who was a doctoral candidate in classical antiquity before joining the LAPD, is assigned to the team trying to catch the Creeper, whose members are desperately searching for a connection among the victims, who include a retired teacher, a fabric store owner, and an artist. Jarsdel seeks guidance from Alisha Varma, an outside-the box researcher into human behavior, who's been hired as a police consultant, and believes that the design of public spaces can drive down crime rates. The death toll rises despite Jarsdel's best efforts, and includes a shocking victim. Schneider's pulse-quickening prose and facility at evoking menace elevate this well above many similarly themed books. The standout combination of concept and jaw-dropping twists will remind some of John Farrow's The Storm Murders. Agent: Eve Attermann, WME. (Jan.)

Kirkus Review

An abrasive, erudite detective matches wits with an uber-violent serial killer. When Bill and Joanne Lauterbach's worried daughter is unable to reach them for days, police check out the couple's home. Rookie patrolman Evan Porter and his training supervisor, Sgt. Melissa Banning, find a chaotic, horrific scene. Porter announces cryptically that "the house is bleeding" before going inside, where he's violently attacked, ending up in the ICU. Banning's not so lucky. This is the fourth bloody incident involving The Eastside Creeper, a killer believed to spend hours hiding inside other people's homes before he violently strikes. Nerves in Los Angeles are already frayed because of a massive earthquake a week earlier, and morale at the Hollywood police station is understandably low. Enter sardonic, overeducated LAPD detective Tully Jarsdel, who banters with his partner, Morales, over the killer's profile. Bureaucratic scrambling comes to the fore as Jarsdel's taken off the case, then invited onto Hollywood Special, the new unit handling it. Tensions rise even higher after the wife of the lieutenant leading the Special becomes a victim. The road to apprehension is full of detours that accommodate Schneider's juicy prose and quirky characters. There's an extended feud with Jarsdel's increasingly irrational father. And Jarsdel, who left a Ph.D. program in English to join the force, describes the opinions of colleague and possible love interest Alisha Varna as "obelisks of intellectual rigor." A buoyant, unrestrained Grand Guignol noir, relishing the journey, indifferent to the destination. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

Readers tearing into this stunning cop novel will likely experience a what-the-hell moment when they meet the cops on the case. Lead LAPD Detective Tully Jarsdel is a former doctoral candidate in classical antiquity. His lieutenant is a one-time actor who once played Pentheus in The Bacchae. They discuss the sad fate of the Pantages Theater in L.A. while the author goes on about tiki art and the seventeenth-century pirate l'Olonnais, who roasted his prisoners on spits. Then the murders take center stage. They're unusually cruel, committed by a killer who hides inside the victims' houses for days before murdering. At this point in the plotline it becomes clear what author Schneider has attempted and grandly achieved: an old-fashioned novel adorned with classy writing, smart and articulate characters, startling observations--"piety is a form of narcissism"--and a puzzle cleared up by Holmesian detective work. Readers may find it helps to know the Billy Wilder film Double Indemnity, and that the "gel" here is a light filter and not short for "gelatin." A hugely entertaining read.