The Death Box

The Death Box
J. A. Kerley

Detective Carson Ryder faces his most terrifying adversary yet in this nail-biting thriller from the author of Her Last Scream.Carson Ryder thought he’d seen everything …A specialist in twisted crimes, Detective Carson Ryder thought he’d seen the lowest depths of human depravity. But he’s barely started his new job in Miami when called to a horrific scene: a concrete pillar built of human remains, their agony forever frozen in stone.Finding the secret of the pillar drags him into the sordid world of human trafficking, where one terrified girl holds the key to unraveling a web of pain, prostitution and murder. There’s just one problem: Ryder’s not the only one chasing the girl.And the others will kill to keep the secret safe.

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Source ISBN: 9780007493654

Ebook Edition © November 2014 ISBN: 9780007582228

Version: 2014-08-29

To James Lewinski,

Who showed me Prufrock

Table of Contents

Cover (#u4a05313e-5db0-5245-8fc0-450cf319f0bc)

Title Page (#ua63cad17-fde7-5564-a84c-3f7895ce7ac3)

Copyright

Dedication (#uf1096643-d800-56c5-a42f-af68afbe559e)

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24