"Why?" he screamed. "Why are you doing this to me?"
"Because," the man spit as he caved in Lacey's nose with another blow, "I am Jacques Carpenter."
Lacey blinked at him. "I don't know what that means."
He struggled to prop himself up on his elbow. "Do you have any idea who I am?"
"Only who you used to he. " Carpenter kicked out Lacey's elbow, sending him thudding back onto the dirt. He swung the rock into his jaw, splintering his teeth.
Lacey lay still. His face split and bloody, he drifted in and out of consciousness. The blazing sun was in his eyes, but he couldn't manage to close them.
Carpenter dropped the rock and opened his cardboard box. He removed his shoes and put them on top of his clothes. Then, reaching deep into the box, he came up with a grey metal spoon. He glanced over to Lacey's chest. It rose and fell as he moaned in pain.
Good, Carpenter thought, he's alive. He'll feel this.
Carpenter ran his thumb over the razor-shar edge of the spoon. Red stolen it from the prison mess six months ago and had sharpened it every night since. Methodically scraping it on the floor of his cell, he had read aloud from his Bible to cover the scratching sound of metal on concrete.
It's time, " Carpenter said.
He brought the blade of the spoon close to Lacey's left eye.
From Clyde Phillips, author of the national bestseller Fall from Grace, comes Blindsided, a second exhilarating thriller featuring Homicide Inspector Jane Candiotti at the center of a tough tangle of a case. Bone chilling and mesmerizing, Blindsided showcases San Francisco as the bloody hunting ground of a brutal serial killer who stalks the streets, looking for cops.
The terror takes hold just as Jane and her partner on the force, Kenny Marks, are moving in together, making a-go of something they've been circling for years. That's when Skip Lacey, an ex-cop turned junkie, is found at the rail yard with his eyes gouged out. Then, six fellow cops at the precinct are murdered in the same gory fashion, shot in the eyes, one by one.
Most chilling of all, the killer is coldly efficient, leaving behind no clues, no motives, no evidence.
Jacques Carpenter, a man once arrested and imprisoned for possession of a single ounce of marijuana, is bent on revenge. Recently paroled after fifteen years of 'hard time, Carpenter has returned to San Francisco with a clear, pure intention--to kill those responsible for sending him away. And as their friends at the precinct fall victim to Carpenter's relentless brutality, soon only Jane and Kenny are left to take down this vicious, remorseless madman. They don't know it yet, but Carpenter has already chosen his next target--Jane.
Once again, Clyde Phillips proves he is a true master of heart-stopping suspense in this utterly terrifying journey into the dark heart of human evil. Vivid and cinematic in its detail, Blindsided delivers an expertly told, gritty page-turner. Readers enthralled by highvoltage thrills will find no better fare.Jane Candiotti is back--ready for action and ready for love. Her partner, Kenny Marks, is moving in with her, and they're finally going to make a go at something they've been circling for years. Then it happens--an ex-cop turned junkie is murdered, his eyes gouged out of his head. More cops turn up dead, shot in the eyes. These are not only cops in Jane's precinct, but also her friends.
Jacques Carpenter is a man bent on revenge. Recently paroled after fifteen years of hard prison time, he's in San Francisco with one thing on his mind-killing those responsible for sending him away, and anyone close to them. As their friends fall, soon there's only Jane and Kenny left to take down this vicious, remorseless madman.
