PERFECT VICTIM — the fourth installment in the Ulysses Grove series of psychological thrillers by Jay Bonansinga — finds the dapper criminologist coming out of semi-retirement to face down his most terrifying adversary yet. After encountering a series of troubling murder scenes — where the MO and pattern are the perfect averages of all serial killings — Grove begins to believe that the killer has stepped into the shoes of the Archetype. The Archetype is a concept that Grove invented himself in his latest forensic textbook, and now it’s coming back to haunt him. Is it a madman copy-catting Grove’s scholarship? Or is it something far stranger, darker and inexplicable? In a headlong plunge into violence and danger, Grove ultimately learns the answer to the deepest mystery of his life.

Pinnacle Books. 
Paperback/Dec. 2008
. $6.99 ($9.99 Canada) 
ISBN: 978-0-7860-1878-9

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PRAISE FOR PERFECT VICTIM

“PERFECT VICTIM is everything a forensic thriller should be: powerful, fast-paced and deeply disturbing. And nobody writes a shock ending like Jay Bonansinga. If you haven’t yet caught up with the adventures of FBI profiler Ulysses Grove, now’s the time to jump aboard.”
-Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of “Bad Moon Rising” and “Patient Zero”

“In PERFECT VICTIM Bonansinga’s prowess as a storyteller reaches a new level. This stunning thriller, which includes a light dusting of the paranormal and a touch of history, is unputdownable. Bonansinga’s prose is addictive, the plot roils with suspense and action, and his FBI profiler protagonist, Ulysses Grove, grows more appealing with each novel.”
– Libby Hellmann, Edgar nominated author of “A Shot to Die For”

“Jay Bonansinga’s latest novel to feature Ulysses Grove, PERFECT VICTIM, is a nail-biting cycle into terror and madness. Cross Patricia Cornwell with Stephen King and you’ll get some idea of the what’s in store for you. Here’s a book that’s not for the faint of heart, but for everyone who enjoys a staccato-paced thrill ride into the heart of darkness. It’ll leave you gasping for breath up to the very last page.”
–James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of “The Last Oracle”.

“Eerie and mindbendingly imaginative, PERFECT VICTIM plumbs the depths of evil — and the result is a chilling ride with scares all the way.” — Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of THE KEEPSAKE

“Sure, PERFECT VICTIM gives us CSI tech and Weird Tales twists at the hyper-pace we’ve come to expect of thrill-master Jay Bonansinga. But there’s something else here-something extraordinary and rare. While Ulysses Grove, Bonansinga’s hero, descends into the Great Dark, he gives us reason to hope that there exists a counterworld of Light. I like this book ever so much and I think those creators of superb moral fiction like Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, and John Gardner would admire it no less.”
– Mort Castle, Editor, DOORWAYS

“Relentless pacing and well-crafted suspense drive the fourth Ulysses Grove thriller…With skill and intelligence, Bonansigna combines intricate mystery, macabre deaths and a horrifying villain with a slight supernatural twist, leading to a heart-stopping climax.” – PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY