Part of Alex Delaware, book 30
First published 2015
LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis carries the weight of every unsolved case, especially Katherine Hennepin's brutal murder. The young woman died from strangulation and stabbing in her own home. The investigation hit a wall when their sole suspect produced an unshakeable alibi that even psychologist Alex Delaware cannot crack. A new case demands their attention when Ursula Corey turns up dead. The successful divorcee was executed by gunshot in what appears to be calculated revenge rather than random violence. Two prime suspects emerge: her business partner who happens to be her ex-husband, and her divorce attorney who was secretly her lover. Just as Alex and Milo close in on Corey's killer, an unexpected clue surfaces that mirrors the Hennepin case. When investigators uncover a third crime scene marked by identical forensic signatures, they realize they may be hunting a serial killer. This predator operates with calculated precision, using manipulation and cunning that challenges everything the detectives thought they understood about the cases.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: LAPD, Los Angeles
336 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books
Content warnings: violence