A grad student and his ex-girlfriend team up to solve a murder in this psychological thriller from the New York Timesâbestselling author of Just Cause.
Timothy âMothâ Warner, a Miami PhD student, wakes up on his ninety-ninth day of sobriety with an intense craving for alcohol. He asks his uncle Ed, a former alcoholic and now successful psychiatrist, to meet him at an AA meeting later that day. But when Ed doesnât show up, Moth bikes to his office only to find his uncle lying in a pool of blood.
The police pronounce the death a suicide, but Moth canât believe it. Devastated and confused, he calls on the only person he thinks he can trust: Andrea Martine, an ex-girlfriend he has not spoken to in years.
Each battling their inner demons, Moth and Andy travel into dark, unfamiliar territory, intent on uncovering the truth about Edâs death and circling ever closer to a devious mind that will flinch at nothing for revenge.
A Publishers Weekly top 10 mystery & thriller for fall
An Amazon book of the month in the mystery/thriller category
âKatzenbach ratchets up his trademark intensity in The Dead Student.â âSun Sentinel (South Florida)
âA twisted, compelling tale of death and deceit.â âLansing State Journal
âAn intricately woven plot with sensitively drawn characters.â âThe Washington Times
âThe Dead Student . . . demonstrates why [Katzenbach] has a place on many âmust-read authorâ lists . . . You will want to read [it] in one sitting.â âBookReporter
âOne of the freshest and most unlikely duos to appear in crime fiction.â âKirkus Reviews
â[A] clever cat-and-mouse thriller.â âPublishers Weekly