Orphaned by an act of senseless violence that took their mother from them, half-brothers Clarence Luckman and Elliott Danziger have been raised in state institutions, unaware of any world beyond its walls. But their lives take a sudden turn when they are seized as hostages by a convicted killer en route to death row.   Earl Sheridan is a psychopath of the worst kind, and as he and his two hostages set off on a frenetic path through California down to Texas, Clarence and Elliot must come to terms with the ever-growing tide of violence in their violence in their wake. It’s a path that will force them to make a choice about their lives, and their relationship to each other—and it will change their lives forever.  Praised by Alan Furst as a “uniquely gifted, passionate, and powerful writer,” R.J. Ellory once again delivers a thriller as beautiful as it is riveting. 

The death of a young heroin dealer occasions no great concern for New York Detective Frank Parrish?Danny Lange is just another casualty of the drug war. But when Danny¹s teenage sister winds up dead, questions are raised that have no clear answers.

As the homicides continue--and a disturbing pattern emerges--Frank tries desperately to make sense of the deaths, while battling his own demons. Trying to live up to the reputation of his father?a legendary NYPD Detective and one of the original ³Saints of New York²--the crew who worked with the authorities to rid New York of the final vestiges of Mafia control in the 1980s--Parrish struggles with the broken pieces of his own life. But, as the murder rate escalates, he must discover the truth before there are further innocent victims.

Dark and intense, Saints of New York is a novel of corruption and redemption, of the relentless persistence required to find the truth, and of one man¹s search for meaning amidst the ghosts of his own conscience.

Growing up in rural Georgia during the 1940's, Joseph Vaughan finds himself at the center of a series of mutilations and killings of young girls. Just a teenager, Joseph becomes determined to protect his community from the killer, but he is powerless in preventing more murders-and no one is ever caught. Ten years later one of his neighbors is found hanging from a rope, surrounded by belongings of the dead girls; the killings cease, and the nightmare appears to be over.

Desperate and plagued by everything he has witnessed, Joseph sets out to forge a new life in New York. But even there the past won't leave him alone-for it seems that the murderer still lives and is killing again, and that the secret to his identity lies in Joseph's own history.

Twenty years after surviving an attack by a serial killer who murdered his girlfriend, a physically and psychologically scarred John Costello works in seclusion as a crime researcher and discerns a complex pattern in a string of seemingly unrelated murders. Simultaneous.

Twenty years after surviving an attack by a serial killer who murdered his girlfriend, a physically and psychologically scarred John Costello works in seclusion as a crime researcher and discerns a complex pattern in a string of seemingly unrelated murders. Simultaneous.

"There aren't nearly enough beautifully written novels, that are also great mysteries. Like The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Smilla's Sense of Snow, A Quiet Belief in Angels is one of them." —James Patterson

"A Quiet Belief in Angels is a beautiful and haunting book. This is a tour de force from R.J. Ellory." —Michael Connelly

From rural Georgia to New York City, a harrowing, evocative, and mesmerizing tale of murder and redemption

1939. In the small, rural community of Augusta Falls, Georgia, twelve-year-old Joseph Vaughan learns of the brutal assault and murder of a young girl, the first in a series of killings that will plague the community over the next decade. Joseph and his friends are determined to protect the town from the evil in their midst and they form "The Guardians" to watch over the community. But the murderer evades them and they watch helplessly as one child after another is taken. Even when the killings cease, a shadow of fear follows Joseph for the rest of his life. The past won't stay buried and, fifty years later, Joseph must confront the nightmare that has overshadowed his entire life...

More Praise for A Quiet Belief in Angels

"A Quiet Belief in Angels is a rich, powerful, evocative novel of great psychological depth." —Jonathan Kellerman

"R.J. Ellory is a uniquely gifted, passionate, and powerful writer, and the quality of his prose—every word, every sentence—lifts A Quiet Belief in Angels far above genre." —Alan Furst

"A mesmerizing tale whose intrigue will pull you from one page to the next without pause...R.J. Ellory's remarkable talent for probing the unknown establishes him as the master of the genre. The perfect author to read late into the night." —Clive Cussler

"I read A Quiet Belief in Angels breathlessly as this is one of those rare authors who is able to combine a poetic literary style with a stunning mystery story. R.J. Ellory will quickly rank with the best crime writers working today." —Otto Penzler

"A Quiet Belief in Angels is a riveting mystery, as compelling as it is moving. Joseph is destined to become one of those seminal characters of literature. Here is a book that restores not only a quiet belief in the redemptive power of literature, but is a novel that you will read over and over again." —Ken Bruen

"Roger Ellory is a class act. If you like James Lee Burke or James Sallis, he's a writer who speaks your language." —Val McDermid

"R.J. Ellory's A Quiet Belief in Angels starts out like a moody Chopin piano etude and quickly takes on the size and force of a symphony by Grieg—at times poignant and somber, at others plunging recklessly into the deep to consider many of the darkest and most dangerous caverns of the human heart, only to break through to the surface again and surge toward a shattering—and perfectly realized—crescendo. Ellory's style is original and complex, the story quite harrowing, and the book will stay with you long after you've quietly closed the end-pages and stared for a while into the complicated darkness beyond your own bedroom window." —David Stone

"This isn't your standard shock and bore serial killer novel. It's an impassioned story of a man's life told in Ellory's distinctive voice, and it confirms his place in the top flight of crime writing." —The Sunday Telegraph

"Ellory harnessed me and drove me headlong through his extraordinary, elegant and powerfully elegiac prose. This is compelling, un-put-downable thriller writing of the very highest order." —The Guardian