One Reporter.
Three Dead.
Five Knives.

In the pulsating thrum of San Francisco, rookie crime reporter Will Finch is about to break open the story of a lifetime.

When a man plummets to his death from a high-rise apartment tower, Will Finch's initial shock spirals into a harrowing nightmare. His eyes are drawn to the open windows above the lifeless body, where a flickering lamp casts an ominous signal from the eleventh floor. A message of distress that cannot be ignored.

As Finch enters the apartment, he discovers a woman handcuffed to a bedpost. Her eyes hold the terror of someone who knows too much about the dead man lying on the street below.

In the week that follows, Finch delves deeper, uncovering a conspiracy that ties the death to a web of deception. A sudden bankruptcy. A global stock fraud scheme. And a murderous spree that began in the deserts of Baghdad, only to haunt the citizens of San Francisco. Is it the work of a ruthless serial killer, a cunning copycat, or something far more sinister?

As he races to compile his report for The San Francisco Post, Finch's leads vanish into thin air. Within days, three more lives are claimed by a merciless killer. Will the pattern of five knife wounds provide the key to unlocking this chilling mystery? Can Finch unravel the twisted truth before he-and his fiancee-are ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse?

FIVE KNIVES is the prequel thriller in the Will Finch crime series, a gripping narrative that thrusts you into the tumultuous world of investigative journalism. As you turn the pages, you'll witness the birth of Will Finch's career-a career where everything he learns about crime reporting begins with Five Knives.

Read FIVE KNIVES - where the line between life and death is as thin as a razor's edge.

About the Author
In 2015 D. F. (Don) Bailey published The Finch Trilogy - Bone Maker, Stone Eater, Lone Hunter - three novels narrated from the point-of-view of a crime reporter in contemporary San Francisco. Following the trilogy's success, Second Life (2017) launched a new saga based on the characters introduced in the first three books. The series prequel, Five Knives, came out in 2018. The Finch chronicle continues with Open Chains (2019), Run Time (2020), and White Sphere (2022). His first psychological thriller, Fire Eyes, was a W.H. Smith First Novel Award finalist. His second novel, Healing the Dead, was translated into German as Todliche Ahnungen. The Good Lie (2008) is set in his adopted hometown, Victoria. His fourth novel, Exit from America, appeared in 2013. Following his birth in Montreal, Don's family moved around North America from rural Ontario to New York City to Mississippi and New Jersey. "After years of seeking the ideal place to live," he says, "I finally landed on my feet on Vancouver Island - where I live next to the Salish Sea in the city of Victoria." For twenty-two years he worked at the University of Victoria where he taught creative writing and journalism and coordinated the Professional Writing Cooperative Education Program - which he co-founded. From time to time he also freelanced as a business writer and journalist. In the fall of 2010, Don left the university so that, "I could turn my pre-occupation with writing into a full-blown obsession." An Amazon bestselling author, he's also a ManyBooks.com Book-of-The-Month Award winner and a Whistler Independent Book Award finalist. * Click the "Follow" button above to receive news about his next novel. * Sign up for his free new reader book bundle https://bit.ly/DFBailey * Visit his website https://dfbailey.com * Send an email don@dfbailey.com


Book Information
ISBN 9781036703387
Author D.F. Bailey
Format Paperback
Page Count 221
Imprint Vinci Books
Publisher Vinci Books