Next month, Gallery/Scout Press is due to publish 138 Main Street by Gavin Bell. I just found out today that Gavin Bell is the real name of the author Mason Cross, whose Carter Blake series is one of my favourites. He has also written two novels as Alex Knight (although, I inexplicably haven’t had a chance to read those, yet, despite owning them).

I was particularly drawn to the intriguing, original premise; so, combined with how much I’ve enjoyed the author’s previous books, this naturally became one of my (suddenly) most-anticipated novels of the year. Here’s the synopsis…

AN ADDRESS TO DIE FOR…

There’s a killer on the loose. And he’s targeting one specific address—138 Main Street. The problem? There are over 7,000 Main Streets in the USA. And the police and FBI have no clue which one will be next.

For FBI Special Agent Ben Walker and his rookie colleague, Officer Zoe Hill, the pressure to solve the case is unimaginable. There aren’t enough police officers to cover every house, and vigilante residents are attacking anyone who rings their doorbell. Main Street might be one of America’s most popular addresses, but for those living at number 138, it comes down to fight or flight.

Then a manuscript is sent to the New York Times, purporting to be the manifesto of the “Main Street Killer” and demanding radical social change. As the effect of the terror campaign takes hold across the nation, Walker and Hill find themselves in a race against time to stop the killer. But with their target always several steps ahead, and almost 3,800,000 square miles of ground to cover, they’ll have to find him first…

Gavin Bell’s 138 Main Street is due to be published by Gallery/Scout Press in North America, on June 2nd. UK readers, however, are in luck: it was published today, by Simon & Schuster.

Also on CR: Reviews of The Killing Season, The Samaritan, The Time to Kill/Winterlong, and Don’t Look For Me

Follow the Author: Website, Goodreads, Instagram, BlueSky