false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181671993m/1178310.jpg 1178310 9 The scene is carefully set--a teenage parochial school girl, artfully posed in death with her arms chained around a graffiti-scarred pillar, clutching a rosary and a picture of a religious painting by Robert Blake. The next three murder victims are found in similar tableaus, each one suggesting the next in a string of calculated killings whose themes are foretold in the sorrowful mysteries familiar to Catholic scholars. It takes Philadelphia detective Jessie Balzano back to her own adolescence and a priest who understands what the grisly slayings are about, but by the time she realizes who's next on the murderer's list and why, time has nearly run out for Jessie and her own daughter. Along with her new partner Kevin Byrne, a former superstar cop with his own secret past and a disturbing tendency to read killers' minds, Jessie makes a strong debut in Montanari's uneven, overwrought thriller, whose Gothic touches--like "living ghosts hovering in darkness, hollow-eyed and craven" in "a Gethsemane amid the cracked concrete and rotten wood and ruined dreams" to describe the abandoned cellar where the first crime took place, for example--too often overpower an otherwise satisfying read. <I>--Jane Adams</I> 1170630 book 2005 The Rosary Girls: a Novel total:178|5:52|4:79|3:37|2:8|1:2| 178 705 273 37 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 14:41:04 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 14:43:33 -0700 2009
Jessica Balzano is the newest rooky in the Philadelphia homicide division. She is lucky enough to be paired with a very experienced cop, Kevin Byrne. The firs...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jan 08 21:20:14 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 21:32:59 -0800 2008
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This is the first pairing of homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano. A killer is kidnapping and murdering young Catholic girls in Philadelphia, leaving a rosary clutched in their dead hands.

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A highly intelligent thriller that will keep you guessing until the end. Montanari has written several thrillers set in Cleveland. Highl...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 11:53:14 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 03 00:16:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1178310