"Daring and admirable...it's rare to find a suspense novel with the
scope of well-crafted fiction...The Traveler is compulsive reading."
--Chicago Tribune
This suspenseful classic from John Katzenbach, now back in print,
reaffirmed his status as one of the best new thriller writers on the
scene. Miami detective Mercedes Barren, recovering from a traumatic
shooting, has transferred to the relative quiet of the forensics
department to get her life back on track. Yet this peace is put on hold
when she gets a wrenching phone call: her niece has been brutally
murdered. Soon she uncovers the shocking truth: the killer--a
professional photographer--is engaging in "copycat" murders across the
country, while forcing a young student to document every horrific crime.
The woman--he calls her "Boswell"--is his stenographer of cruelty. And
if she drops her pen, she'll end up being his next "subject."
As her already fragile life begins to fall to pieces, Mercedes makes it
her mission to track down this cold-blooded killer--even if it means
enlisting the help of his brother, a psychiatrist specializing in sex
offenders. But can they catch him before his camera flashes next and
snuffs out another life? Unbearably suspenseful, with believable
characters and dialogue second-to-none, The Traveler is pure John
Katzenbach.
