The Broken Souls

The Broken Souls
J. A. Kerley

A brilliant new psychological serial killer thriller featuring homicide detective Carson Ryder, hero of the bestselling ‘The Hundredth Man’ and ‘Her Last Scream.’Blood was everywhere, like the interior had been hosed down with an artery …The gore-sodden horror that greets homicide detective Carson Ryder on a late-night call out is enough to make him want to quit the case. Too late.Now he and his partner Harry are up to their necks in a Southern swamp of the bizarre and disturbing. An investigation full of twists and strange clues looks like it's leading to the city's least likely suspects – a powerful family whose philanthropy has made them famous. But behind their money and smiles is a dynasty divided by hate.Their strange and horrific past is about to engulf everyone around them in a storm of violence and depravity. And Ryder's right in the middle of it …

The Broken Souls

J.A. Kerley

For my children,

Amanda and John.

They make life shine.

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u2dbd6d73-a230-51e4-880d-75aa065cad29)

Title Page (#u5ac0e7c6-067b-5175-a6ed-a537cb9bcca8)

AUTHOR’S NOTE (#u80eb09c4-78a4-5345-a132-40dca022005e)

PROLOGUE (#u2a60d96b-6f38-5c84-9b16-87cdf5caefae)

CHAPTER 1 (#uadb2f6bd-bd9e-5025-9a33-d6654a772487)

CHAPTER 2 (#u91110448-2b62-55d2-9bf5-77bddae596b1)

CHAPTER 3 (#u91a0aaad-8d16-5250-9700-b77e84d49d73)

CHAPTER 4 (#u59d9feab-1400-5b82-9d84-a7ecb7205f66)

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