by Nancy Grace
First published 2009
Hailey Dean crouches in darkness, listening to metal crash against tile in the next room. The air shifts. He has found her. Years earlier, as a psychology student, Hailey watched her fiancé Will die in a brutal murder weeks before their wedding. She channeled her rage into prosecution, sending rapists and killers to prison one case at a time. The work consumed her through endless courtroom fights and crime scene photos. Her final case involved a serial killer who stalked Atlanta prostitutes, leaving his signature on each victim. Hailey won, then fled to Manhattan to rebuild her life as a therapist. She thought she had escaped her past. Then her clients begin dying one by one. The killer uses the same methods as the Atlanta murderer she defeated years before. Bodies pile up across Manhattan while Hailey battles both the copycat and the NYPD. She must return to her old life as a prosecutor to stop him. The killer wants her dead before she can solve the case.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, enemies-to-lovers
Setting: Atlanta, Manhattan
Period: Present Day
380 pages · ebook · Hyperion
Content warnings: murder, violence