No Rest for the Dead

Many of today’s leading American mystery and thriller writers have recently joined together to form a club for the purpose of publishing serial novels and anthologies. As of today, more than twenty bestselling mystery authors have joined the club and have collaborated on No Rest for the Dead.   When Christopher Thomas, a curator at San Francisco’s Museum of Fine Arts, is murdered and the decaying mass of his body is found in an iron maiden in Berlin, his wife Rosemary Thomas is the primary suspect. Long suffering under Christopher’s unfaithful ways, Rosemary is tried, convicted and executed. Ten years later, Jon Nunn, the detective who cracked the case, is convinced that the wrong person was put to death. Along with financier Tony Olsen, he plans to gather everyone who was there the night Christopher died and finally uncover the truth about what happened that night. Could it have been the ne’er do well brother Peter Hausen, interested in his sister’s trust having run through his own; the curatorial assistant Justine Olengard, used and betrayed by Christopher; the artist Belle who turned down his advances only to see her career suffer a setback; or someone else all together?  No Rest for the Dead is a thrilling, page-turning accomplishment that only our very best could achieve.As David Baldacci writes in his introduction: "The lineup of writers who have contributed to this mystery is akin to the Murderer’s Row the New York Yankees had during the hallowed 1930s. There is not a weak spot in the bunch. You will be enthralled as much by the seamless flow of the story as it passes from mind to mind of each Creator, as you will by the quality of the tale. While they deliver their own signature brand of storytelling to the novel, it is startling how these writers, several of whom are friends of mine, have weaved a yarn that seems to be the product of one mind, one imagination, albeit on steroids of such strength that even major league baseball would ban them, and that is indeed saying something."With contributions from:David Baldacci (Introduction)Jeff LindsayAlexander McCall SmithJonathan SantloferSandra BrownFaye KellermanKathy ReichsBenjamin KellyJohn LescroartT. Jefferson ParkerGayle LyndsMatthew PearlJ.A. JanceMichael PalmerMarcia TalleyP. D. JamesDiana GabaldonPhilip MargolinTess GerritsenKatherine NevilleLisa Scottoline R.L. StineJeffery DeaverLaurie H. ArmstrongBrian GruleyRobert Dugoni