Jeffery Deaver: The Lesson of her Death (UK 2016)

From the Publisher:
A compelling early thriller from the bestselling Jeffery Deaver - Detective Bill Corde's unsuspecting family is about to be targeted by the killer of a young girl.

DEAVER. DANGEROUSLY GOOD.

When Detective Bill Corde looks at the beautiful face of the murdered girl in the mud, he does not know his own life is about to turn into a terrifyingly real nightmare.

For the girl's killer is now on the trail of Corde and his unsuspecting family: his wife, teenage son, and imaginative but vulnerable daughter, Sarah. Sarah, who alone knows the identity of the killer...

The lesson Bill Corde is about to learn - the lesson of her death - is an education that no one will ever forget.

Jeffery Deaver: The Lesson of her Death. Hodder Paperbacks, ISBN: 9781473631922 (November, 2016), 516 p., £8.99.

Jeffery Deaver: The Lesson of her Death (USA 2009)

From the Publisher:
Bill Corde looks down at the face of the murdered girl and sees the horror of sudden death. He cannot know, as he stands there at the trampled, muddy scene beside the college girl's corpse, that his own life is about to slip into terror. He cannot know that everything he holds precious is about to shatter before his eyes. He cannot know that his career -- and his family -- are about to enter a new dimension of danger. For Bill Corde, the killer is everything he fears most. For Sarah, Bill's wild, learning-impaired daughter, trapped in a world of frustration and ridicule, he may be just the person she's been waiting for. Someone who understands her worries and loneliness. Someone who signs his notes "The Sunshine Man." Someone she can run away with -- even a perfect stranger.

Jeffery Deaver: The Lesson of her Death. Bantam Books, ISBN: 9780553592801 (October, 2009), 528 p., $5.99.

Jeffery Deaver: The Lesson of her Death (UK 1994)

From the Publisher:
When Detective Bill Corde looks at the beautiful face of the murdered girl in the mud, he does not know his own life is about to turn into a terrifyingly real nightmare. For the girl's killer is now on the trail of Corde and his unsuspecting family: his wife, teenage son, and imaginative but vulnerable daughter, Sarah. Sarah, who alone knows the identity of the killer...

Jeffery Deaver: The Lesson of her Death. Coronet, ISBN: 0340610557 (July, 1994), 503 p., £5.99.

Jeffery Deaver: The Lesson of her Death (USA 1994)

From the Publisher:
Detective Bill Corde gazes down at the demure body in a bed of muddied hyacinths beside a gloomy lagoon, unaware that he is about to plunge into fears as dark and dense as the waters of Blackfoot Pond. As rumors of a crazed serial "moon killer" scorch the no longer serene Midwestern campus, Corde uncovers shocking secrets about the victim's sexual encounters with students and faculty. Exposing these lurid vignettes from the underside of college life could tear apart the seemingly placid surface of the academic community, revealing scenarios of sinister ambition, intrigue, and corruption. While he races to prevent another death before the full moon, Corde's public and private lives cruelly collide. The murderer has focused on the cop's family and leads them into an isolated world of terror from which there is no escape. Helplessly, Corde watches his guilt-haunted wife and troubled teenage son become entangled in a brilliant madman's malevolent trap. But it is Corde's learning-impaired daughter, Sarah, who is in the greatest danger - she alone may hold the key to the identity of the killer.

Jeffery Deaver: The Lesson of her Death. Bantam Books, ISBN: 0553560204 (March, 1994), 570 p., $7.99.