Thief of Souls: A Novel

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Pr, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. A Delacorte Medical Thiller hardback. Book condition is near fine. Small light stain on front end, otherwise looks new. Dust Jacket is in near fine condition, has some edge wear on top of back cover, a nice looking book ..*.............WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK........We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books sent in the same package, ...........Summary - .In the city of Nantes, in the year 1440, a woman hurries through the cobblestoned streets. Her world of faith, loyalty, and family is buckling under the weight of her suspicions about a dead child.and others who may have met the same fate--all at the hands of the same killer--the infamous Gilles de Rais. Soon Guillemette le Drappiere, companion to the Bishop of Nantes, is investigating the young nobleman she helped raise from infancy. To unravel the truth, Guillemette must enter a dark realm of power, perversion, bloodlust--and bring to it the unforgiving light of the church she serves. In the city of Los Angeles, in the year 2002, a detective gets the kind of call she dreads most: "My child is gone." Lany Dunbar, a mother, a cop, and a veteran of human horrors, cannot be prepared for where this search will lead her. For within days, Lany is certain that this missing-child case has exposed the work of a serial killer. At odds with her own department, sure that her killer is becoming more emboldened, Lany zeroes in on a suspect--while a suspect zeroes in on her..