A legal battle equal to Presumed Innocent.
A nightmare of terror and psychopathology
to match The Silence of the Lambs.

Martin Vail, Chicago"s most brilliant lawyer, has been set up by his enemies to defend a case he cannot win.

Young Aaron Stampler was caught red-handed after a murder that had the city reeling. He looks bound to fry, but he swears he"s innocent. In a desperate gamble for justice, Vail must reach deep into the recesses of a killer"s mind, to flush out a monster of infinite cunning and evil. Explosive, haunting and
brilliantly suspenseful, Primal Fear is a truly terrifying read.

"Shocking... as much psychological thriller as legal drama... Diehl delivers."
PEOPLE