Robert Ferrigno
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United States
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author
Author
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of crime novels
Crime fiction
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and of speculative fiction
Speculative fiction
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. Eight books published between 1990 ad 2004 were well received additions to the detective
Detective fiction
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and thriller genres, while the post 9/11 'Assassin trilogy' is set in an imagined United States dominated by Islam.
Novels
- The Horse Latitudes (1990), his first
- Cheshire Moon (1993)
- Dead Man's Dance (1995)
- Dead Silent (1996)
- Heartbreaker (1999)
- Flinch (2001)
- Scavenger Hunt (2003)
- The Wake-Up (2004)
- Prayers for the AssassinPrayers for the AssassinPrayers for the Assassin is a political thriller, and a work of speculative fiction, written by American crime writer Robert Ferrigno. The story is set in 2040, after economic strife and a pair of nuclear attacks have led to civil war, causing the United States to split into two hostile and...
(2006) - Sins of the Assassin (2008)
- Heart of the Assassin (2009)