The last sinner / Lisa Jackson.

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Title:

The last sinner / Lisa Jackson.

Author:

Jackson, Lisa, author.

ISBN:

9781496739056

Edition:

First Kensington hardcover edition.

Physical Description:

392 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

A Rick Bentz/Reuben Montoya novel ; [9]

Rick Bentz/Reuben Montoya novels ; 9.

Abstract:

Father John, the notorious serial killer, is back for revenge, as well an all new killing spree. He hires prostitutes and then strangles them with rosary beads, leaving behind a hundred dollar bill with Ben Franklin's eyes burned out. Also in his cross-hairs is Bentz's daughter, Kristi, a true crime writer, who survives an attack when the novel opens but it ends with her husband Jay's death. Was the attack the work of Father John? Or is there another killer on the loose in New Orleans, this one with his own agenda for revenge against Kristi.

Personal Subject:

Bentz, Rick (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Bentz, Rick (Fictitious character)

Geographic Term:

New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction.

Louisiana -- New Orleans

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Detective and mystery fiction.

Novels.

Novels

Detective and mystery fiction

Fiction

Suspense fiction.

Romans.

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Summary

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Survived delivers a gripping novel of suspense featuring two veteran homicide detectives matching wits with a twisted serial killer lurking in the shadows of New Orleans.

There are killers so savage, so twisted, that they leave a mark not just on their victims, but on everyone who crosses their path. For Detectives Bentz and Montoya, Father John, a fake priest who used the sharpened beads of a rosary to strangle sex workers, is one such monster.

Bentz thought he'd ended that horror years ago when he killed Father John deep in the swamp. But now there are chilling signs he may have been wrong. A new victim has surfaced, her ruined body staged in deliberate, unmistakable detail. Either it's a terrifying copycat, or Father John, the detective's own recurring nightmare, has come back to haunt New Orleans.

Another death, and another. Bentz is growing convinced that Father John isn't just back. He's circling closer, targeting those Bentz loves most.

And this time, he won't be stopped until the last sinner has paid the ultimate price...

"Jackson definitely knows how to keep readers riveted." -- Mystery Scene

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

Is the potential return of a series villain the end for a clever detective and his daughter, a true-crime author, in the last book in Jackson's Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya series? On the streets of the French Quarter of New Orleans, an unnamed killer is plotting his next crime with satisfaction. He's been waiting a long time to go after Kristi Bentz and end her string of true-crime bestsellers. But when the murderer makes his move, he's thrown off course by the unexpected arrival of Kristi's husband, Jay McKnight. In the ensuing struggle, Jay is killed and Kristi left in shock. Her father, Det. Rick Bentz, wants to comfort his daughter, but he and partner Det. Reuben Montoya have other things to worry about when an earlier case resurfaces in a way that seems impossible. They'd thought Father John, a fake priest obsessed with killing women in the name of God, was dead after their last face-off, but their most recent string of cases follow his M.O. to a T: working girls choked to death by a string of sharpened rosary beads. Is Father John back, or do Bentz and Montoya have a copycat on their hands? The case is clearly linked to Kristi, who wrote a hit book on the so-called Rosary Killer and whose agent is demanding she do press and a follow-up volume. As Kristi worries that the unnamed killer may just be waiting to strike again, help arrives in the form of mysterious stranger Cruz Montoya, Reuben's brother, who may need Kristi's help. Excitement for series fans looking to revisit Bentz and Montoya's greatest hits while promising something new for the future. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.