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Cruel - Book Tour and Giveaway

9/18/2018

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Cruel
A Morris Brick Thriller #4
by Jacob Stone
Genre: Thriller, Suspense

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“Rarely is an author so skilled at portraying such unremitting evil and the poignant, human side of his characters in a single tale.”
--Jeffery Deaver
 
“Jacob Stone is equal parts Thomas Harris, Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, and Stephen King. CRUEL will leave you shaking . . . with fear, excitement, and the uncontrollable compulsion to keep on reading.” 
--Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author of True Fiction 
 
“17.” L.A. detective Morris Brick knows the number all too well. It was the gruesome signature the Nightmare Man left next to his victims’ bodies. Brick’s father was the first to investigate the killings. Five women were butchered before the perpetrator vanished. Seventeen years later he resurfaced—to kill again in the same depraved ways. Now another seventeen years have passed. Brick knows in his gut that it’s time for the Nightmare Man to reawaken. But even Brick can’t imagine the madman’s true agenda. Or just how terrifying the sleepless nights are going to get in the City of Angels . . .



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​Prologue
Downtown Los Angeles alley, 2:18 a.m.
The rat grew frantic in its efforts to escape the trap, its front claws a blur as they scratched against the wire mesh. This one was older than the juveniles already collected, and showed the scars of a lifetime spent skulking through Los Angeles alleyways and sewers. Half of one ear had been torn off, its grayish-black fur matted, and a dozen wounds scabbed over. While the rat was larger than the others, it was still emaciated enough to be able to squeeze through a hole the size of a quarter. Rats like this one were crucial for what was coming.
The newspaper stories from 2001 didn’t mention rats, and neither did the ones from 1984. That had to be because the reporters hadn’t been told about them, or really about any of the specifics. In 1984, the newspaper and TV reporters described the murders only as depraved and sickening.
A police officer must’ve given them that description, and someone with a touch of poetry in his soul named the killer the Nightmare Man. That name stuck—both in 1984 and in 2001—but it didn’t fully do the killer justice. While horrific, monstrous things were done to the victims, they were things that could only have come from the nightmares of a lunatic.
Just as some species of cicadas awaken only every seventeen years, the same was true of the Nightmare Man. October second would mark the seventeen-year anniversary of the start of the last killing spree, and new victims had already been chosen. They were both the least and most fortunate people alive. They would be dying the worst deaths imaginable, but they would have a kind of immortality, their fates forever entwined with the Nightmare Man. Because of that, they would never be forgotten.
The cage was picked up, and the rat inside backed up and got on its hind legs, its small black eyes shining with malevolence as it bared its teeth. It was an ugly thing and would do nicely for what was needed.
A homeless woman lay curled in a fetal position as she slept beside a dumpster. She stirred as the cage holding the rat was carried past her. Her red-rimmed eyes cracked open, her round, craggy face turning toward the soft padding of footsteps. In a raspy croak that sounded as if her throat had been scraped raw with sandpaper, she asked for money. Even from several feet away, the sour smell of cheap gin on her breath assaulted the senses. A decision now had to be made: whether to kill the old woman or ignore her. A moment of reflection revealed a third option—simply hand
the homeless woman a twenty-dollar bill, and that was what was done. The woman mumbled something unintelligible as she accepted the money. She turned away as she hid the bill within her layers of clothing, and then she presumably fell back to sleep.
That was how it needed to be. It wasn’t time yet for the Nightmare Man to awaken from his slumber. October second was still a full ten days away. That was when the killings would start again. Besides, snuffing out the life of this old woman wasn’t necessary. Her alcohol-addled mind wouldn’t later connect this late-night intrusion of her makeshift home with the Nightmare Man’s return.
But the Nightmare Man was coming.
And Los Angeles would soon be weeping tears of blood.

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Jacob Stone is the pseudonym for award-winning author Dave Zeltserman. Dave's crime and horror novels have been picked by NPR, the Washington Post, American Library Association, Booklist, and WBUR as best novels of the year, and his short mystery fiction has won a Shamus, Derringer and two Ellery Queen Readers Choice awards. 

Dave's crime noir novel, SMALL CRIMES, has been made into a major motion picture starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Molly Parker, Gary Cole, Robert Forster, and Jacki Weaver, and will be premiering April 28th on Netflix. Several of his other books are currently in film development.

Morris Brick thriller novels written as Jacob Stone: DERANGED, CRAZED, MALICIOUS, TWISTED.



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42 Comments
Denise Higgins
9/18/2018 03:06:57 am

Love the cover

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Bea LaRocca
9/18/2018 06:15:17 am

Congratulations on your new release. This series is new to me but it sounds exciting. I'm putting these on my TBR.

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Janet W.
9/18/2018 06:59:56 am

AH, what a suspenseful cover! Sounds like a thrilling read!

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Kelly D
9/18/2018 07:35:54 am

The book cover is eye catching.

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Rita Wray
9/18/2018 10:01:06 am

The story sounds very intriguing.

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Calvin
9/18/2018 10:25:28 am

Sounds like a nice bloody read

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shelly peterson
9/18/2018 01:31:19 pm

This sounds really good.

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Shirley Ann Speakman
9/18/2018 02:52:41 pm

The book sounds very intriguing the cover is really good and matches with the story line.

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heather
9/18/2018 03:19:34 pm

Sounds like one that will keep me interested.

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wendy hutton
9/18/2018 04:27:42 pm

very mysterious cover

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lynn clayton
9/18/2018 05:17:38 pm

verry nice cover i really like it

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Victoria
9/18/2018 07:55:19 pm

Sounds amazing, thanks for sharing!

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Debbie P
9/18/2018 08:19:53 pm

This sounds like an awesome read.

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Dave Zeltserman link
9/18/2018 09:20:52 pm



Thanks to everyone for stopping by, and a big thanks also to Silver Dagger Tours and my publisher for arranging this. I hope folks here who try CRUEL and my other Morris Brick thrillers (and my recently released horror novel HUSK written under my own name) enjoy these books and spending time with Morris, his bull terrier Parker, and the rest of the gang.

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Dale Wilken
9/18/2018 09:29:37 pm

Sounds great.

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James Robert
9/19/2018 01:47:47 am

Thanks so much for bringing to our attention another great book out there to read. I appreciate hearing about them since I have so many readers in my family.

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Kelly Nicholson
9/19/2018 11:02:08 am

What do you think of the book or the cover?

looks bloody,not that there's anything wrong with that..

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Dave Zeltserman link
9/19/2018 01:26:41 pm

The Nightmare Man is pretty nightmarish, so in that regard the cover fits. CRUEL is more of a mystery than the other Morris Brick thrillers. Actually, several mysteries nested within each other, like matryoshka dolls. While the Nightmare Man is an appropriate title for the killer, I try hard to keep these books from being gratuitous, and cover the murders with as little detail as I can get away with,

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Corey Hutton
9/19/2018 01:34:14 pm

Good luck with the book and Thanks for the giveaway.

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Dave Zeltserman link
9/19/2018 06:38:52 pm

thanks!

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Dave Zeltserman link
9/19/2018 06:41:35 pm

I noticed a mistake in my bio. The movie Small Crimes is available now on Netflix. For anyone who sees it, the scene where a retired cop spits in Nikolaj's food (Jaimie Lannister from GoT) that could've been me, but the film was shot in Montreal and the Canadian SAG refused to let the part go to a non-Canadian!

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jan
9/20/2018 01:35:06 pm

I hadn't heard of the Morris Brick thrillers before this - thanks!

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Dave Zeltserman link
9/21/2018 12:00:49 pm

A promise I can make about the series--while they each star Morris, his bull terrier, Parker, and the rest of the gang at MBI (Morris Brick Investigations), and they have a similar structure, they're all very different types of crime thrillers.

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Amy F
9/22/2018 08:09:11 am

Great cover art. Very mysterious!

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Dave Zeltserman link
9/22/2018 09:57:44 am

Thanks! It's certainly visceral.

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Mood Reader
9/22/2018 06:06:39 pm

Sounds like a good read!

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Ann Fantom
9/22/2018 08:41:22 pm

I like the cover. It is very mysterious

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Nikki
9/25/2018 12:21:21 am

Definitely appeals to fans of horror.

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Gwendolyn Jordan
9/29/2018 05:26:51 pm

I like the cover

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Julie Waldron
10/2/2018 02:04:58 pm

The cover is intriguing, get's the point of the book across.

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Marcy Meyer
10/6/2018 01:48:30 pm

Creepy cover. Sounds like an interesting read.

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Shannon link
10/6/2018 05:34:16 pm

Absolutely love the cover can't wait to read!

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Sally Hill
10/7/2018 10:10:40 am

This is just my type of read! Putting this on my tbr!

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Dave Zeltserman link
10/15/2018 01:47:53 pm

thanks, Sally!

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Serge B
10/7/2018 01:55:01 pm

I love the cover--very creepy

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Daniel M
10/11/2018 07:39:12 pm

like the cover

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tracee
10/15/2018 10:31:36 am

Great excerpt! I both do and don't want to know what he (or she) is going to do with the rat.

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Dave Zeltserman link
10/15/2018 01:40:44 pm

Thanks, Tracee. Trust me, you don't want to know. The name Nightmare Man is very apt!

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Bridgett Wilbur
10/15/2018 12:01:31 pm

I would love to read your book.

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Dave Zeltserman link
10/15/2018 01:42:43 pm

Thanks, Bridgett. Even though it's a crime thriller, I think it's still a fun thriller for this Halloween season.

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Heather D
10/18/2018 03:26:54 pm

I like the cover. I would pick it up to check it out in a library or bookstore.

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Jerry Marquardt
10/18/2018 11:42:05 pm

I like the cover art!. I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including Cruel, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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