The Dead Room

Silence of the Lambs reborn in a gripping serial killer thriller. Chestnut Hill is one of Philadelphia's most upscale neighborhoods. But in one gleaming home, in a teenager's lavish bedroom, a girl has been brutally murdered. The atrocity kicks off an investigation by police who connect the girl's murder to a bizarre string of increasingly disturbing murders. A serial killer is loose-someone of unprecedented savagery. As the city's panic rises, Teddy Mack, a civil attorney just out of law school, is forced by a partner at his new firm to defend the undefendable. But soon after, another girl goes missing. A girl who might still be alive. And Teddy discovers something the police never guessed. The serial killer has a secret. He's collecting something. Something twisted. Something horrific and vile. To end the madman's reign, Teddy must enter his maze-a place of unimaginable terror where human demons emerge with a vengeance. Praise for Robert Ellis "A gripping, spooky crime novel."

-The New York Times "Hot List" Pick, City of Fire "My kind of crime novel. Gritty, tight, and assured."

-Michael Connelly, City of Fire "Fast, gruesome, and twisted, like a scary Jodie Foster movie."

-Library Journal, City of Fire "Scorching. Deliciously twisted."

-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, The Lost Witness "Ellis serves up a killer crime tale with relentless twists."

-Booklist, Starred Review, The Lost Witness ***