Thief of Hearts: A Body of Evidence Thriller - Softcover

"Why would anyone want to tear out someone's heart?" That's the very real question facing college freshman Jenna Blake, and it has nothing to do with romance and heartbreak. A second grisly murder mystery is unfolding at Somerset University, and her job as a pathology assistant at the local hospital brings Jenna too close to the haunting crimes. Everyone has a theory on the nature of the killings, including Jenna's older half-brother, Pierce Logan, who's new in town and has some odd ideas about why someone would want to steal a human heart. Meanwhile, Jenna begins working on her own heart when she meets a fascinating older man. But there's little time for dating when the Thief of Hearts declares Somerset the perfect hunting ground -- and someone very close to Jenna is the prey.

Christopher Golden is a novelist, journalist, and comic book writer. His novels include the vampire epics Of Saints and Shadows, Angel Souls & Devil Hearts, and Of Masques and Martyrs, as well as such media tie-ins as Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Child of the Hunt (which he co-wrote with Nancy Holder), Hellboy: The Lost Army, and the current hardcover X-Men: Codename Wolverine. He is one of the authors of the recently released book The Watcher's Guide: The Official Companion to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Golden's comic book work includes the Marvel Knights relaunch of The Punisher, as well as Punisher/Wolverine: Revelation, and Wildstorrm's Night Tribes. His other work includes stints on The Crow, Spider-Man Unlimited, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the one shot Blade: Crescent City Blues.

Before becoming a full-time writer, he was licensing manager for Billboard magazine in New York, where he worked on Fox Television's Billboard Music Awards and American Top 40 radio, among many other projects.

Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts University. He has recently completed a new, original dark fantasy entitled Strangewood, which will be published in September 1999. Please visit him at www.christophergolden.com.