Steven M Silver

The Boy Killer and the Woman Who Talked to a Raven Steven M Silver

During the summer of 2018, young boys are found in shallow graves scattered across Chester County, Pennsylvania, the sites marked only by a red ribbon. There are few clues in the killings and an FBI task force is only slowly finding links between the boys. The ribbon is the killer's desire for recognition, a desire so strong he calls reporter Ellen Parker to make sure all the bodies are found. He is not simply trying for notoriety - he wants recognition and he wants it for protecting a terrible secret. Ellen Parker, with the help of Robert Blasingame, tries to solve the puzzle of the killer. But the puzzle is complicated by a woman with a disquieting secret of her own and a demoralized man whose self-effacing manner hides a growing and dangerous rage. Ellen pursues leads in multiple directions searching for a chance to save the next boy on the killer's list. All time, and all chance, may be running out and all Ellen can do is chase after the killer as he closes in on his next target. The Boy Killer and the Woman Who Talked to a Raven is the sixth novel in the Ellen Parker series.