Asouls of stoneby Lloyd Devereux Richards, is the story of a serial killer on par with The Fourth Monkey which went viral thanks to the ingenuity of the author’s daughter. This thriller was originally published in the United States in 2012 and has now become a bestseller thanks to TikTok. The author’s daughter made sure to do so when she shared a video that went viral within hours.
Classically crafted and highly cinematic, Almas de piedra is an addictive read that will surprise and keep readers in suspense until the last page. And it is the exciting police investigation of Criminal Minds the suspense of The silence of the lambs . and a serial killer on par with The Fourth Monkey .
The synopsis tells that Christine Prusik, head of the FBI’s forensic unit in Chicago, finds herself with a mysterious and terrifying case on her hands: a serial killer who kills young women and disposes of their bodies in the ravines of southern Indiana is spreading panic across the country. On each victim, the killer leaves his particular signature: he empties the bodies of organs and places in their tracheas a stone figurine carved in the same way as those found among the primitive tribes of Papua New Guinea, the same tribes from which Prusik escaped a decade ago while conducting field research. The coincidence is particularly disturbing, and even more so when Prusik still bears the marks of the scars from the attack she suffered at the hands of the tribe members. Is it possible that there is a connection between the two events? The agent no longer knows how to differentiate between reality and imagination, and soon she will find herself immersed in her worst nightmare. Time is running out, deaths are multiplying. She must act now.
Readers, enamored of the book, say things like this: “It seemed like I was listening to an episode of Criminal Minds! It kept me hooked throughout. «I read it in two days. I’m looking forward to reading more from this author.» «The suspense in this book is such that I finished it in less than two days. If you like series like Criminal Minds o CSI I think this book is ideal for you.
Lloyd Devereux Richards (New York, 1949) is an American lawyer and author who, in 2012, published Souls of stone without much success. Everything changed when, thanks to that video that her daughter shared on her social networks and that went viral in a matter of hours.