Hidden Man (Electronic book text)

1915. A city emerges from the ashes . . . and so does a killer concealed in its shadows.
Nine years after San Francisco s great earthquake and fires, the city is just beginning to be reborn and is full of possibility. The World s Fair is opening to herald the completion of the Panama Canal and display exciting wonders and the promise of the new technological age.
Yet the primitive past haunts the city s renaissance. Leaving a trail of brutality, a murderous fanatic secretly stalks one of the fair s chief attractions: the brilliant mesmerist James J. D. Duncan. Homicide detective Randall Blackburn and his adopted son, Shane Nightingale, must combine their intuitive profiling skills deductive techniques to solve a murder that hasn t happened yet . . . one that only its terrified intended victim can see coming.
Praise for Anthony Flacco s "The Last Nightingale"
Flacco imagines the chaos of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake] in precise and vivid detail while contributing his own distinctive narrative touch.
" The New York Times"
Gripping . . . Flacco s] screenwriting talent shines in this story of the earth s destructive power and humanity s moral depravity. . . . Dickens meets Hannibal Lecter. Brace yourself.
" Booklist"
A frightening and haunting picture of a ruined city staggering back to reality.
" The Washington Times"

"From the Trade Paperback edition.""