Shut Your Eyes Tight Paperback / softback

John Verdon returns with Shut Your Eyes Tight, the second book by in the David Gurney series. Once a cop. Always a cop . . . Ex-NYPD detective Dave Gurney is supposed to be retired.

But people with problems keep knocking on his door. Like the police, for instance, who are baffled by a gruesome murder they just can't seem to solve. A young bride has been killed in the middle of her own wedding reception.

The prime suspect - her new husband's Mexican gardener - is missing.

As is the murder weapon - likely a machete - used to decapitate the bride. The police have drawn a blank. It's as if the killer has vanished into thin air. But when Gurney begins his investigations, he finds that a baffling murder is just the latest of many sadistic crimes committed by an individual who'll do anything to avoid capture. Following the success of Think of a Number, John Verdon's stunning follow-up novel, Shut Your Eyes Tight is just as scintillating.

Fans of Tess Gerritsen and James Hayman will love this series.

Praise for John Verdon:'The best thriller I've read in a long, long time' Tess Gerritsen'Wow!

Totally absorbing, brilliantly written. The best book I've read this year' The SunJohn Verdon, a former Manhattan advertising executive, lives with his wife on a small hilltop in upstate New York.

His first two Dave Gurney novels are Think of a Number and Shut Your Eyes Tight.