A Twisted Place

Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles, Kathy Reichs and Patrica Cornwell comes the long-awaited sequel to A Desperate Place... A PHANTOM SERIAL KILLER. A RELENTLESS VIGILANTE. Midnight on a snowy Christmas Eve journalist Whit McKenna is called to cover a murder. Her first assignment since a near death experience four months before. Still grieving for her husband and frustrated with spending so much time at home, she decides jumping back into the crime writer's world is the best medicine. Best friend Katie Riggs, medical examiner detective, is already at the scene of the gruesome vigilante killing. The victim's dark secrets emerge into a chilling discovery. One that is so disturbing it threatens Riggs' early pregnancy, but the investigation is moving at breakneck speed, and she has no option to slow down. The clues lead both women down a twisted, long forgotten trail to a newly awakened serial killer who has emerged from dormancy and will not stop. His vicious focus soon turns to McKenna in a way that ignites a relentless determination to find this madman. The community is on edge as another teen disappears, but all the forensic evidence points to a dead man. With the homicide team in public distain over their apparent mishandling of the case the pressure is on. How can they possibly find a murderer who by all the available resources at their disposal does not exist?