Part of The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco
First published 2025
Capri Sanzio makes her living guiding tourists through San Francisco's darkest criminal history. She knows serial killers and expects the unexpected on her true crime walks. When a guest reports witnessing a woman under attack during one tour, Capri stays calm. Police investigate the apartment and discover nothing wrong. They dismiss it as another obsessed fan trying to insert themselves into a real case. Capri's tours have drawn more fanatics lately. Her previous success identifying the actual "Overkill Bill" killer only increased questions about her grandfather's alleged crimes. Still, Capri cannot ignore someone who might need help. Her journalist instincts tell her something feels wrong about the whole incident. Why would anyone fabricate seeing an attack? Capri begins her own investigation. Her probing questions soon lead to an actual corpse. Now she stands at the heart of a genuine murder case.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, gritty, investigative, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-detective, family-mystery, obsessive-investigation, unreliable-witness
Setting: San Francisco
Period: 21st-century, contemporary
336 pages · Paperback · Minotaur Books
Content warnings: murder, violence