DECLAN RUSH

Deep in the woods, in the middle of a summer night, Nero wildly plays his violin in his Secret Place. The screech of bow striking strings travels beyond those woods, and sometimes is faintly heard by lobstermen pulling their traps. They've never stopped to analyze it. In fact, no one has ever stopped to analyze Nero. That is why he is an expert at killing. Up in Boston, J.T. O'Rourke's life has entered another downward spiral, but then he's offered