Contents
SEPTEMBER13, 1999
MONDAY
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
TUESDAY
Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
WEDNESDAY
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
THURSDAY
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
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Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
FRIDAY
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
SATURDAY
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Authors Note
About the Author
*Novels featuring Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs
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*Novels featuring Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs
*Novels featuring Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs
*Novels featuring Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs
*Novels featuring Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs
*Novels featuring Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs
*Novels featuring Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs
BY THESAMEAUTHOR
More Twisted: Collected Stories, Vol. II
The Cold Moon*
The Twelfth Card*
Garden of Beasts
Twisted: Collected Stories
The Vanished Man*
The Stone Monkey*
The Blue Nowhere
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The Empty Chair*
Speaking in Tongues
The Devils Teardrop
The Coffin Dancer*
The Bone Collector*
A Maidens Grave
Praying for Sleep
The Lesson of Her Death
Mistress of Justice
Hard News
Death of a Blue Movie Star
Manhattan Is My Beat
Hells Kitchen
Bloody River Blues
Shallow Graves
A Century of Great Suspense Stories(Editor)
A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime(Editor)
Mary Shelleys Frankenstein(Introduction)
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Contents
SEPTEMBER13, 1999
MONDAY
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Page 7
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
TUESDAY
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
WEDNESDAY
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Page 8
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
THURSDAY
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Page 9
FRIDAY
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
SATURDAY
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Authors Note
About the Author
SEPTEMBER13, 1999
SON OF MANSON FOUND GUILTY IN CROYTON FAMILY MURDERS
SALINAS, CALIFORNIADaniel Raymond Pell, 35, was convicted today on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of manslaughter by a Monterey County jury after only five hours of deliberations.
Justice has been done, lead prosecutor James J. Reynolds told reporters after the verdict was announced. This is an extremely dangerous man, who committed horrendous crimes.
Pell became known as the Son of Manson because of the parallels between his life and that of convicted murderer Charles Manson, who in 1969 was responsible for the ritualistic slayings of the actress Sharon Tate and several other individuals in Southern California. Police found many books and articles about Manson in Pells house following his arrest.
The murder convictions were for the May 7 deaths of William Croyton, his wife and two of their three children in Carmel, Calif., 120 miles south of San Francisco. The manslaughter charge arose from the death of James Newberg, 24, who lived with Pell and accompanied him to the Croyton house the night of the murders. The prosecutor asserted that Newberg initially intended to assist in the murders but was then killed by Pell after he changed his mind.
Croyton, 56, was a wealthy electrical engineer and computer innovator. His Cupertino, Calif., company, in the heart of Silicon Valley, produces state-of-the-art programs that are found in much of the worlds most popular personal computer software.
Because of Pells interest in Manson, there was speculation that the killings had ideological overtones, as did the murders for which Manson was convicted, but robbery was the most likely reason for the break-in, Reynolds said. Pell has dozens of prior convictions for shoplifting, burglary and robbery, dating back to his teens.
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