by Lisa Gardner
Part of Detective D.D. Warren, book 2
First published 2007
Bobby Dodge thought he had closed the book on the most dangerous case of his career. The investigation nearly cost him his life and left permanent scars. Now six mummified bodies turn up in an underground room beneath a defunct Massachusetts mental hospital. The discovery brings back his worst nightmare: the killer he was certain had died. His only clue comes from a necklace found on one victim. The jewelry bears the name of Annabelle Granger, a woman who has spent her entire life moving from city to city under false names. Her family kept running from some unnamed threat, but Annabelle never learned what they feared. When the body surfaces wearing her necklace, she decides to stop fleeing and face whatever hunts her. Bobby teams up with D. D. Warren from Boston P.D. to track down the truth about Annabelle. Their investigation leads them to a woman from Bobby's past who may prove as lethal as their current target. She has transformed from victim to hunter, and her connection to Annabelle runs deeper than anyone suspected. Bobby must solve the mystery of who Annabelle really is before the killer strikes again.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Massachusetts, Boston
Period: Contemporary
Audio CD · Random House Audio
Content warnings: murder, violence