Certain that the newest chain letter is a joke since the perpetrator of the original one is dead, the group takes its receipt lightly, until Fran is killed and the members realize the evil power driving the letters is still alive. Original.
Fans of Deaver know that he works storytelling magic in his thrillers, not just the Lincoln Rhyme tales (The Stone Monkey, etc.) but also the stand-alones (The Blue Nowhere, etc.). It's fitting, th...