"Salicious carryings-on, scientific research, religious fervor..."
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 01:33PM 
Callous
Another “impressive” novel on paranoia and the nature of evil from the author of Rabid.
T K Kenyon
Cloth hardcover 6×9” | Pages 384 | Fiction US$ 24.95 / CDN$ 26.95 | ISBN 9781601640222
When the pretty daughter of Zeke James dissapears in the middle of the night, ADA Diane Marshall and her huband Deputy Max Konstantin investigate the missing girl’s unusual behavior before her kidnapping. When forensics indicates a serial killer, a small town erupts in a paranoia-fest fed by false memories and sensational rumors. Neighbor suspects neighbor of being Satanists, serial killers, or worse. Readers of crime novels and psychological thrillers will meet their match in the labyrinthine plot. Themes of false memory and confession, criminal profiling, mob psychology, the meaning of religious experience and the nature of evil percolate through the story with satisfying intelligence and wit.
Prais for Callous from trade reviewers—
- "Kenyon revisits themes from her first novel, Rabid (2007)—small-town intrigue, salacious carryings-on,
scientific research, religious fervor... crisp character studies that distinguished her first book, and also generates considerable tension on the way to a surprising finish." Booklist, Mary Frances Wilkens
- “Impressive.”—Publishers Weekly
- “Kenyon’s definitely an author to watch. She juggles all of her story’s elements without dropping any of them ... and creates intriguing central characters ... This is a novel quite unlike standard commercial fare, a genre-bending story—part thriller, part literary slapdown with dialogue as the weapon of choice—that makes us laugh, wince and reflect all at the same time. Kenyon is definitely a keeper.”—Booklist STARRED Review
- “Robin Cook on steroids ... a nice feat.”—Bookslut Review
About the Author — T K Kenyon
T K Kenyon holds an MFA in fiction (Truman Capote Fellowship) from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a PhD in molecular virology. After a stint as a postdoctoral researcher, TK turned to writing full-time. Her critically acclaimed first novel, Rabid, received a starred review in Booklist.
