A Killer's Craft
Paul's profession isn't background detail. His ability to manufacture convincing human faces is the engine of the crimes.
One face to gain trust. One face to take a life. One face to hide behind.
A special-effects artist turns his talent for creating perfect human faces into the ultimate weapon — murder, disguise and revenge.
Paul Fry is a mild-mannered special-effects artist with an extraordinary talent: creating hyper-realistic human masks. Behind his ordinary exterior, he is preparing a carefully constructed campaign of revenge.
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When Sister Mary McIntyre is murdered, detectives Saul and Haddad find what appears to be a convincing case against Father William O’Shea. But the evidence has been manufactured. The killer has been watching, collecting hair and photographs, studying routines — and preparing a face that can fool the people who know his target best.
Paul's profession isn't background detail. His ability to manufacture convincing human faces is the engine of the crimes.
Detectives Saul and Haddad follow evidence that seems airtight — while the audience gradually sees how expertly it has been manipulated.
Paul's violence grows from childhood trauma and a private grievance that has hardened into a methodical obsession.
The story moves between the police investigation, Paul's hidden workshop, his professional world of special-effects artistry, and fragments of the past that reveal the source of his rage.
G Michael Smith — Writer
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