Description

After getting divorced, Detective Sergeant Michael McCabe decided it was high time to leave New York City. He’d wanted to raise his young daughter away from the violence of the city streets…so he’s unprepared for the horrific killer he discovers in the quiet enclave of Portland, Maine.

Early on a September evening, the mutilated body of a pretty teenager, a high school soccer star, is found dumped in a scrap-metal yard. She had been viciously assaulted, her heart cut out of her chest. The very same day a young businesswoman, also a blonde and an athlete, was abducted while jogging. McCabe suspects both crimes are the work of the same man who is clearly well-versed in complex surgical procedures—and who is likely to strike again….

About the Author

JAMES HAYMAN spent more than twenty years as a senior creative director at one of New York’s largest advertising agencies. He and his wife, artist Jeanne O’Toole Hayman, now live in Portland, Maine. This is his debut novel. 

Visit www.jameshaymanthrillers.com

Praise for The Cutting…

“First-novelist Hayman ratchets up the tension in this engrossing account of a deviously motivated psychopathic serial killer.” —Booklist

“Suspenseful! Rarely does a new novelist make a debut, in Maine or anywhere else, as polished, well-paced and plotted as this one.  Even less often does a writer create characters as well-drawn and centered.  Detective Sergeant Mike McCabe...has the brains, courage and human concern to be the reader's hero from start to finish.” ––Portland Press-Herald

“Spenser has Boston.  Mma Ramotswe has all of Botswana. Now, McCabe has Portland…An intimate and telling portrait of the city…Hayman’s pacing is perfect.” ––Bangor Daily News

“A clever and suspenseful thriller.’’ ––Boston Globe Pick of the Week.

“Bookstores have been looking for a writer of popular fiction who can reliably produce a bestseller. James Hayman…has invented a cop with sophisticated tastes. If your summer reading includes a psychological thriller, this one’s for you.”—Providence Journal

“An extraordinary debut and an exceptional thriller, The Cutting is razor-sharp, heartfelt, and superbly written…. Hayman writes characters you feel bone-deep, and want to meet again and again.” —Julia Spencer-Fleming, Edgar finalist and author of I Shall Not Want

“A stunning debut that gripped me from first page to last. A thriller of a thriller!” —Tess Gerritsen