First published 2003
A jury delivered a unanimous acquittal in a murder case that stinks of corruption. Now someone calling themselves the Reaper hunts down the jurors one by one, leaving a bloody scythe at each crime scene. Only three jurors remain alive. Detective Sergeant Riker lies on sick leave after taking four bullets to the chest from a teenage killer, but he cannot stay away from this case. His partner Kathy Mallory, the NYPD Special Crimes Unit's brilliant and ruthless computer expert, refuses to let anyone else she cares about become a victim. She races to identify the Reaper before the killer completes their deadly mission. Meanwhile, radio host Ian Zachary turns the terror into entertainment with his twisted game Hunt the Juror, broadcasting to growing audiences as the survivors flee for their lives. Mallory must navigate a maze of corruption and vengeance where justice and murder have become impossibly tangled.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, corrupt-system
Setting: New York
Period: 21st-century
Paperback · HUTCHINSON
Content warnings: violence