Since then, Megan has built a new life in Seattle for herself and her son, Josh. And Megan, terrified for her unborn child's safety, never came forward with the truth. When dismembered body parts were found near their home, Glenn was convicted of his wife's murder. In fact, she disappeared to escape from her sadistic husband, Glenn. Megan Keeslar died years ago-or so everyone believes. She’ll have to find someone to trust-the question is, who? Because turning to the wrong person could be the last mistake she ever makes. Yet uncovering the truth about the killer would mean revealing what really happened that horrible night years ago. With every “accident” that befalls the members of her old clique, Bridget feels danger edging closer to home. He has very special plans for her portrait-she just doesn’t know it yet. And the best is yet to come: Bridget Corrigan. He knows exactly how they’ll look when the last breath is drawn, because he has planned out their deaths with perfect precision. Following them, photographing them, and immortalizing them on canvas. His job keeps him busy, but he loves every moment of it. Someone who’s been picking off the members of their little group one by one. But everything changes when Bridget is reminded of the secret she and Brad have been keeping since high school, a secret that could destroy the campaign-and their lives. Īt first, Bridget Corrigan’s work with her twin brother’s senatorial campaign is an exciting distraction from the trauma of her messy divorce. O’Brien served on the board of Seattle 7 Writers, and periodically teaches writing classes at Hugo House.Ī killer’s masterpiece will be painted in cold blood. The recipient of the Spotted Owl Award for Best Pacific Northwest Mystery for The Last Victim (2005), O’Brien’s books have been translated into 14 languages.

The breakthrough that came with the release of his second novel also enabled O’Brien to quit his railroad job and focus on full-time writing. The novel was even optioned for film rights after it drew the attention of Tom Hanks. It was however his second, Only Son (1997), that enabled him to make a name for himself in the world of fiction writing.

While working on his railroad job, which took him all over the Pacific Northwest, O’Brien used his spare time to write his first ever novel, Actors (1987). Kevin O’Brien is an American New York Times, USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of mystery and thriller novels.īorn and raised in Chicago, he attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, where he studied Journalism before moving to Seattle in 1980.

Kino-Eye by Kevin O'Brien