by P. J. Tracy
Part of Monkeewrench, book 10
First published 2019
Kelly Ramage steps out of her suburban home on a frigid winter evening, telling her husband she plans to meet a friend. She never returns. When police discover her body, the murder scene suggests a sexual encounter that turned deadly. Detectives Gino and Magozzi expect to follow an obvious trail of evidence to Kelly's killer. Instead, they find themselves hunting a careful predator who has expertly erased his tracks. The killer has struck before, and Kelly represents just one victim in a larger pattern. As the detectives dig deeper, they realize they are racing against time. This murderer has no intention of stopping, and somewhere another potential victim may already be in his crosshairs. Gino and Magozzi must decode the killer's methods before he claims his next target.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, race-against-time, serial-killer
Setting: Suburban Home
Period: Frigid Winter
326 pages · Hardcover · Crooked Lane Books
Content warnings: graphic-violence, murder