The Hidden Man

1915. A city emerges from the ashes . . . and so does a killer concealed in its shadows. Nine years after San Franciscos great earthquake and fires, the city is just beginning to be reborn and is full of possibility. The Worlds Fair is opening to herald the completion of the Panama Canal and display exciting wonders and the promise of the new technological age. Yet the primitive past haunts the citys renaissance. Leaving a trail of brutality, a murderous fanatic secretly stalks one of the fairs chief attractions: the brilliant mesmerist James J. D. Duncan. Homicide detective Randall Blackburn and his adopted son, Shane Nightingale, must combine their intuitive profiling skills deductive techniques to solve a murder that hasnt happened yet . . . one that only its terrified intended victim can see coming. Praise for Anthony Flaccos The Last Nightingale Flacco imagines the chaos [of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake] in precise and vivid detail while contributing his own distinctive narrative touch. The New York Times Gripping . . . [Flaccos] screenwriting talent shines in this story of the earths destructive power and humanitys moral depravity. . . . Dickens meets Hannibal Lecter. Brace yourself. Booklist A frightening and haunting picture of a ruined city staggering back to reality. The Washington Times From the Trade Paperback edition.