The Ashes
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Last published Mon, Sep 5, 2016
The Ashes is the long awaited sequel to New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author Vincent Zandri's No. 1 Overall Amazon Kindle Bestselling horror/romantic suspense thriller, The Remains. In this novel, artist and art teacher, Rebecca Underhill, along with her live-in best friend Robin Painter and their children, become the victim of a stalker called The Skinner.
Skinner intends to finish the job his maximum security cell mate Joseph Whalen started but failed at when he abducted Jessica some years ago inside an abandoned farmhouse in the deep woods. Only this time, the abduction won't take place in the woods, but beneath the woods in the tunnels and empty sewer lines where The Skinner has set up shop preserving not only the skin of his victims, but their mask-like faces.
For fans of Blake Crouch, Joe Konrath, Stephen King, and more, The Ashes raises the stakes on fear and suspense at a time when you didn't think they could be raised any more.
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