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Gregory Funaro - The Sculptor

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Killing Is An ArtIn life, they were flawed. In death, they are perfect works of art--killed, preserved, and carefully molded into replicas of Michelangelos most celebrated creations. Only The Sculptor can bring forth their true beauty and teach the world to appreciate his gift.He Is The MasterFBI Special Agent Sam Markham has a reputation for tracking serial killers, but this artful adversary is meticulous, disciplined, and more ruthless than any hes encountered. The only clue is a note dedicating the latest statue to Cathy Hildebrant, an art historian who shares Sams fear that the killing has just begun.And She Is The Perfect SubjectIn a quiet Rhode Island town, The Sculptor shapes his latest macabre creation, waiting for Cathy to draw nearer so that his message can be understood at last. And the only way to save her is for Sam to unlock a psychopaths twisted mind before his final, terrifying masterpiece is revealed. . .Funaro provides clever plotting and plenty of suspense. --John Lutz, New York Times bestselling author Fast-paced, exciting. . .Funaro delivers gasp-out-loud terror and relentless suspense. A genuine page-turner! --Kevin OBrien, New York Times bestselling authorIt reminded me of why I loved Silence of the Lambs so much. --Gregg OlsenA stone cold thrill ride! Unique and unexpected twists make this one a keeper! --Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author

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TRACKING A KILLER

All this is just a precaution, Cathy, Markham said. In case he tries to make contact with you, to leave you another notethat is, if the notes you received five years ago are related to Tommy Campbells murder to begin with.

They are, Sam. You know they are.

I cant be suremight be just a strange coincidence. However, since its all we have to go on right now, well see how far that road leads us. But the last thing you want right now is for the press to know the extent to which youre involved in this. In fact, if my gut is right, I think thats just what the killer wants to happen.

What do you mean?

Its obvious that whoever murdered Tommy Campbell and that boy had been planning this crime for a long timeperhaps even years. And until the autopsy results come back, until we get an idea of exactly how this person murdered and preserved his victimshow he actually created that sick sculpture of histhe only window into his motives right now is you. You and your book.

So youre saying you think this maniac is using me?

Ill have a better idea once I read your book. But judging from the great lengths to which the killer went to put his sculpture on display in Dodds gardena display that the killer obviously intended as some kind of historical allusion publicly dedicated to you well, its clear to me that whoever did this thought you of all people would understand his motives

T HE S CULPTOR
Gregory Funaro

Picture 1

PINNACLE BOOKS

KENSINGTON PUBLISHING CORP.

www.kensingtonbooks.com

As always, for my wife and my father; but also for my
grandfather, whose statue of David in the backyard I was
sure came alive at night .

The best artist has that thought alone which is
contained within the marble shell; only the sculptors
hand can break the spell to free the figures
slumbering in the stone .

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Contents
Prologue

Shake off your slumber, O son of Jupiter.

Tommy Campbell, lightning fast wide receiver for the Boston Rebels, opened his eyes expecting to see the end-zone. He could hear the cheers of the crowdthat familiar drone of Sooooup! coming from the standsand his heart was pounding, could feel it pumping in his thighs as he ran. Yes, he was sure that he had caught the ballhis fingertips, the palms of his hands electrified with that familiar sting of Touchdown!

But as the cries of his fans quickly faded, as his vision cleared into a bright ball of light, amidst a milky haze Tommy Campbell understood all at once that he had been dreaming. Yes, he was lying downcould feel something cold, something steel-hard on his back and buttocks. He felt groggy, doped up on something, but at the same time alive with energy. And he thought he recognized the light hovering above him.

From a movie? Or from that time in the hospital. When they operated on my

Thats it, said a deep voice to his right. Come forth from the stone.

Not my knee again, Doc, said Tommy. His throat was dry, and his words came out in spurts of cracked whispers. Tell me its not my knee

No reply, but instead a dull prick, a tug at the skin on his forearm. His heart was racing noweven more so than before his first start as a freshman at Boston College; even more so than before his first game as a second round draft pick with the Rebels. But this was different. Indeed, Tommy felt as if there was a war raging inside him: one side trying to drag him back down to his dream, to his winning thirty-seven yard touchdown versus the Dolphins; the other, trying desperately to pull him awake, to bring him back to realityto wherever he was now.

Where am I? Tommy whispered. The light above him solidified into a white rectanglelike a floating movie screen only a few feet from his face, its edges sharp against the surrounding darkness. Yes, his senses were returning quickly nowthe blood pumping fast through his veinsand with every beat of his heart the memories came flooding back.

He had been drinking a beer on the porch, looking out over the waterhad made only a brief appearance at the victory celebration that afternoon in Boston; had wanted to spend time with his parents down at Watch Hill in Rhode Island before the big game, before flying off to Tampa to prepare for the Super Bowl versus the Giants. He had been alone Yes, Vicky is gone now, and Mom and Pop had gone to bed. And it had been cold, the January moon dancing playfully on the frigid waters of Foster Covethose very same waters in which Rhode Islands favorite son used to swim with his father as a boy.

Pop? Tommy croaked. You there, Pop?

Then he remembered the wasp Wasps in January? the hiss, the sharp pain as if something had bitten him on the neck, right on the jugular. Tommy Campbell had shot up instantly, sure that the top of his six-foot-six frame would crash into the low ceiling of the wraparound porch. But he did not remember coming down, did not remember landing on the wooden planks the way he still remembered landing on the five yard line last season versus the Texansthe now infamous landing that the networks played over and over again; the landing that dislocated his knee and caused him to fumble; the landing thatas those asshole Monday morning quarterbacks put itcost his team the AFC championship.

But this was a new season, and the tough-as-nails twenty-six-year-old had healed up quickly. And since his career threatening injury less than a year earlier Tommy Soup Campbell had broken the record for most pass receiving yards in a single season. Never mind his personal problems, the split with his fiance Hell, in a way I have Vicky to thank for it! No, the beloved wide receiver had defied the odds, had returned to the NFL with a vengeance, and most of all had led his team to the Big One what those same asshole Monday morning quarterbacks were already calling The Souper Bowl.

But now something was wrong. He could feel it in his chest, in his fingers and his toespumping hard, pumping painfully. Tommy tried to get his bearings, tried to turn away from the glowing white rectangle hovering above him, but his head was locked in placesomething pinning him down at his forehead, something preventing him from moving side to side. Instinctively, Tommy made to reach for it, but realized at once that his wrists were locked down also; and although he could not see his chest, his thighs or his ankles, he suddenly became aware of pressure in those places, too.

Pop, you there? Tommy called out again. Did I fall on the porch? They got me in traction or something? His voice was clear now, shaky, and his senses razor sharp, when suddenly the screen above him flickered into life.

The image was of a statuedirty white marble against black, so that the figure appeared to be standing, floating in the darkness just inches from his face. The statue was that of a naked man a Greek god or something, Tommy thoughtbut he could not be sure, could not remember ever having seen the figure before. At the same time, however, he felt as if he recognized it from some place. It was not the pose itself that struck Tommy as familiarthe awkward way in which the god was standing, the bowl raised in his right hand as if in a toast. And it certainly wasnt the curly hair or are they little grapes? surrounding the gods face that sparked a memory in Tommys feverish brain. No, there was something about the face itself, something about the body

As his mind scrambled to remember, to understand, the statue began to rotate as if it were on a turntable. Tommy saw that behind the statue was another figure a child, perhaps that came up to the gods waist. The child Is it a child? Whats wrong with his feet? His legs? was smiling impishly with a handful of grapes. It appeared to be hiding behind the god, almost supporting him.

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