The Color of Death

★ 4.5 avg 418 votes

About this book

From the number-one New York Times bestselling author and FOX News host Trey Gowdy comes a dark mystery debut about a murder in a small South Carolina town. Assistant DA Colm Truesdale must pick up the pieces of his own life in order to solve the case.Following the death of his wife and daughter, Colm Truesdale is left mentally scarred. After time off, and with no desire to return to the courtroom, Truesdale is brought back into the investigation of the murder of a young woman who ran a beauty salon outside of town. When a page from her appointment book goes missing, and then the crime scene burns down, it’s up to Colm to untangle the web of deception that implicates a powerful judge and his family.Taking readers inside the cat-and-mouse psychology of a killer and the assistant district attorney who must catch him, this thrilling fiction debut from bestselling author Trey Gowdy and celebrated author Christopher Greyson will keep you guessing until the very last page.

4.5 ★★★★☆ average of 3 sources · 418 votes
Open Library 4.0 1
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Apple Books 4.5 418
Hardcover 3.2 2

Reader Profile

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4.5/5 · 418 readers · 288 pages · ≈ 5 h 20 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read The Color of Death?

About ≈ 5 h 20 m — 288 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Color of Death~5 h 20 m

How many pages is The Color of Death?

288 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Color of Death288

What genre is The Color of Death?

It sits on the Thriller shelves.

Is The Color of Death in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote The Color of Death?

Trey Gowdy & Christopher Greyson.