Martin Vail Chicago's most brilliant lawyer has been set up by his enemies to defend a case he cannot win. Young Aaron Stampler was caught red-handed after a murder that had the city reeling. He looks bound to fry but he swears he's innocent. In a desperate gamble for justice Vail must reach deep into the recesses of a killer's mind to flush out a monster of infinite cunning and evil. Explosive haunting and brilliantly suspenseful Primal Fear is a truly terrifying read.
William Diehl is the author of the international bestsellers Sharky's Machine, Thai Horse, 27, Reign in Hell and Show of Evil. Several of his novels have been filmed. He lives in Woodstock, Georgia, with his wife, Emmy Award winner Virginia Gunn.