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The Straw Men

The Straw Men #1 / 3
by Michael Marshall
The Straw Men (The Straw Men #1) by Michael Marshall
★ 6.00 / 1
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Who are they?

What do they want?

Why do they kill?

Can they be stopped?

You know who they are... if you've ever known fear.

In Palmerston, Pennsylvania, two men in long coats walk calmly into a crowded fast-food restaurant - then, slowly and methodically, gun down sixty-eight people. They take time to reload.

On the Promenade of Santa Monica, California, a teenage girl gives sightseeing tips to a distinguished English tourist. She won't be going home tonight.

In Dyersburg, Montana, a grief-stricken son tries to make sense of the accident that killed his parents - then finds a note stuffed in his father's favorite chair. It reads, "We're not dead."

Three seemingly unrelated events, these are the first signs of an unimaginable network of fear that will lead one unlikely hero to a chilling confrontation with The Straw Men. No one knows who they are - or why they kill. But they must be stopped. Michael Marshall's electrifying debut novel is an instant masterpiece of modern suspense. An epic thriller for anyone who has feared that someone is watching us.

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Release date: July 2002

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Michael Marshall

A pseudonym used by Michael Marshall Smith.

Michael Marshall Smith (who dropped the "Smith" to write The Straw Men) lives in north London with his wife Paula, and is currently working on screenplays and his next book, while providing two cats with somewhere warm and comfortable to sit.

The Straw Men

The Straw Men consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

The Straw Men (The Straw Men #1)
★ 6.00 / 1
The Upright Man (The Straw Men #2)
Unrated
Blood of Angels (The Straw Men #3)
Unrated


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