The Dead Room

Silence of the Lambs reborn in a gripping serial killer thriller.

Chestnut Hill is one of Philadelphia’s most upscale neighborhoods. But in one gleaming home, in a teenager’s lavish bedroom, a girl has been brutally murdered.The atrocity kicks off an investigation by police who connect the girl’s murder to a bizarre string of increasingly disturbing murders.

A serial killer is loose—someone of unprecedented savagery.

As the city’s panic rises, Teddy Mack, a civil attorney just out of law school, is forced by a partner at his new firm to defend the undefendable.But soon after, another girl goes missing. A girl who might still be alive. And Teddy discovers something the police never guessed.

The serial killer has a secret. He’s collecting something. Something twisted. Something horrific and vile.

To end the madman’s reign, Teddy must enter his maze—a place of unimaginable terror where human demons emerge with a vengeance.

Praise for Robert Ellis

“A gripping, spooky crime novel.”

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The New York Times

“Hot List” Pick

, City of Fire“My kind of crime novel. Gritty, tight, and assured.”—

Michael Connelly

, City of Fire“Fast, gruesome, and twisted, like a scary Jodie Foster movie.”

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Library Journal

, City of Fire“Scorching. Deliciously twisted.”

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Publishers Weekly

, Starred Review, The Lost Witness“Ellis serves up a killer crime tale with relentless twists.”

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Booklist

, Starred Review, The Lost Witness***