MADMAN'S THIRST (JAKE SCARNE THRILLERS Book 2)

Lawrence De Maria’s acclaimed thrillers and mysteries have "a touch of Bourne, a dash of Bond and a sprig of Spenser." (John Crudele, the New York Post)

The brutal murder of a schoolgirl.

A dying hit man with a conscience.

A priest harboring a terrible secret.

An investigator seeking personal redemption.

All these elements collide in MADMAN’S THIRST, where billions are at stake in an international conspiracy involving a foreign power.

With locales as varied as Paris, New York, Florida and the Bahamas, and frightening scenes set at a NASCAR track and in a Manhattan high-rise, it is a Jake Scarne thrill ride at its best.

Even powerful mob bosses and journalists are expendable pawns, as a criminal mastermind, hiding in plain sight among New York’s power elite, pursues his deranged dream, aided by one of the world’s deadliest assassins.

MORE CRITICAL ACCLAIM

“While De Maria may have been an award-winning financial reporter, he's an awfully good fiction writer as well.” (THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS)

“What is really almost beyond belief is how easily De Maria has transitioned from the dry world of financial reporting to the wild and lavish world of novel writing.” (THE COLLIER CITIZEN)

De Maria is “a master of thriller dialogue.” (THE WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Winner of an Associated Press award for crime reporting, Lawrence De Maria is a Pulitzer-nominated journalist who cut his teeth on financial corruption at The New York Times and Forbes.