JACK KERLEY

Mobile, Alabama, detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus go on alert for further indications of a serial killer-in-the-making. When Ryder is abducted, his partner and his journalist girlfriend discover a dangerous web of secrets, in this latest thriller by the author of "The Death Collectors."

Bizarre messages carved into the flesh of two corpses in Mobile, Alabama, launch a special unit devoted to solving psychotic crimes. They're also launching Detective Carson Ryder into a nightmare with only one weapon-his own terrifying past.

Thirty years after his death‚ Marsden Hexcamp′s ′Art of the Final Moment′ remains as sought after as ever. But this is no ordinary collection. Hexcamp′s portfolio was completed with the aid of a devoted band of acolytes − and half a dozen victims‚ each of whom was slowly tortured to death so that their final agonies could be distilled into art. When tiny scraps of Hexcamp′s ′art′ begin appearing at murder scenes alongside gruesomely displayed corpses‚ Detective Carson Ryder and his partner Harry Nautilus must go back three decades in search of answers. Meanwhile an auction has been announced and the death collectors are gathering. These wealthy connoisseurs of serial−killer memorabilia will pay millions to acquire Hexcamp′s art − unless Carson and Harry can beat them in their quest for the anti−grail.

Following a trail of beautiful but disturbing artwork, homicide detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus descend into the shocking world of the Death Collectors--people who collect serial-killer memorabilia--where madness and murder is an art all its own.

Unos extraños y enigmáticos mensajes encontrados en un par de cadáveres en Mobile, Alabama, lanzan al joven detective Carson Ryder y al veterano policía Harry Nautilus a la desesperada búsqueda de un misterioso asesino. Cuando el número de víctimas aumenta de modo alarmante, Ryder no tiene más remedio que revolver en el terrorífico pasado de su familia. Se pone en contacto con su hermano, un violento y sarcástico psicópata condenado por una serie de atroces crímenes, con el fin de encontrar alguna pista que le ayude en la resolución del caso. Ryder pronto se enfrenta no sólo a los miedos y pesadillas de su pasado, sino también al descubrimiento de que la próxima víctima es alguien a quien conoce. Y el tiempo se acaba. «El Centésimo Hombre es una original novela de suspense. Comienza con un sorprendente estallido y continua con una trama que lleva al joven detective Carson Ryder y a su veterano compañero a investigar lo que está detrás de la súbita oleada de cadáveres en Mobile, Alabama». --Publishers Weekly