Messiah (novel)
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| Messiah | |
| Author | Boris Starling |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Thriller, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Publication date | 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 483 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-451-40900-0 |
| Followed by | Storm (2000 novel) |
Messiah is a thriller novel by British writer Boris Starling, published in 1999. Following the success of the novel, a sequel, Storm (2000), was also released.
The novel became the basis for the popular BBC TV series Messiah, starring Ken Stott.
[edit] Plot summary
The novel opens with the discovery of the body of Philip Rhodes, a London caterer, who is found hanging in his underwear from his banister, his tongue cut out and a silver spoon in its place. When the body of the Bishop of Wandsworth, James Cunningham, is found beaten to death, but with his tongue replaced by a silver spoon, DCI Red Metcalfe and his team must discover the pattern behind these killings and save the rest of the men who are destined to be murdered.
[edit] The Victims
- Philip Rhodes, caterer, hanged, killed 1/5/1988 (St. Philip the Apostle)
- James Cunningham, Bishop of Wandsworth, beaten to death, killed 1/5/1998 (James, son of Alphaeus)
- James Buxton, soldier, beheaded, killed 25/7/1998 (James, son of Zebedee)
- Bart Miller, tanner, skinned alive, killed 24/8/1998 (St. Bartholomew)
- Matthew Fox, Inland Revenue worker, hacked to death with a machete, 21/9/1998 (St. Matthew)
- Jude Hardcastle, Samaritans worker, beaten to death, killed 28/10/1988 (St. Jude)
- Simon Barker, far right politician (zealot), sawn in half, killed 28/10/1998 (St. Simon)
- Peter Simpson, caretaker, crucified upside-down, killed 29/6/1998, discovered 28/10/1998 (St. Peter)
- Andrew Turner, fishmarket worker, crucified on a saltire, killed 30/11/1998 (St. Andrew)
- Thomas Fairweather, architect, lanced to death, killed 21/12/1998 (St. Thomas)
- John Macdonald, author and journalist, exhumed and desecrated, died 27/12/1996, exhumed 27/12/1998 (St. John)
- Red Metcalfe, police inspector, attempted hanging, attacked 1/4/1999 (Judas Iscariot)
- Jez Clifton, police officer, crucified 1/4/1999 (Jesus Christ)
