Part of Women's Murder Club
First published 2023
Detective Lindsay Boxer thought she had closed the book on serial killer Evan Burke when she put him behind bars. Reporter Cindy Thomas turned Burke's story into a bestselling true crime account. Now someone has taken that book and transformed it into a murder manual. The copycat killer recreates Burke's original crimes but adds brutal new elements that make the old cases look tame. Lindsay finds herself hunting an obsessed maniac who treats Burke's documented murders as inspiration rather than history. Each new killing follows the established pattern while introducing horrific variations that push the boundaries further. The entire Women's Murder Club faces its greatest threat as the copycat's obsession grows more dangerous. Lindsay must catch this elusive suspect before he destroys everything the Murder Club has built together. The investigation forces her to revisit Burke's original crimes while racing to predict how the copycat will twist each familiar murder into something far worse.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, adult-fiction, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, gritty, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, obsessed-antagonist, recurring-characters
Setting: San Francisco
355 pages · Hardcover · Century
Content warnings: graphic-violence, murder, violence