From Tess Gerritsen,New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series, her stunning first thriller!
A beautiful young womanβs corpse is found dumped in a garbage-strewn alley. Now laid out in the office of medical examiner Kat Novak is an unidentified body that betrays no secretsβexcept for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the streets, using a deadly drug to do his dirty work. The police are skeptical. The mayor wonβt listen. One of the townβs most prominent citizens, with a missing daughter of his own, is also Katβs chief suspect. As the death toll rises, Kat races to expose a deadly predator who is close enough to touch her.
Praise for Tess Gerritsen
β[The author] has a knack for creating great characters and mysterious plots that seem straightforward but also dazzle with complexity and twists.ββAssociated Press
β[Gerritsen] has an imagination that allows her to conjure up depths of human behavior so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft seem like goody-two-shoes.ββ Chicago Tribune** _
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βOne of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.β_** βThe Providence Journal** _
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Previously published as Peggy Sue Got Murdered_*
From the Paperback edition.
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Praise for Tess Gerritsen
β[The author] has a knack for creating great characters and mysterious plots that seem straightforward but also dazzle with complexity and twists.ββAssociated Press
β[Gerritsen] has an imagination that allows her to conjure up depths of human behavior so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft seem like goody-two-shoes.ββChicago Tribune _
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βOne of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.β_* βThe Providence Journal
About the Author
Tess Gerritsen is a physician and an internationally bestselling author. She gained nationwide acclaim for her first novel of suspense, the New York Times bestseller Harvest. She is also the author of the bestsellers Ice Cold, The Keepsake, The Bone Garden, The Mephisto Club, Vanish, Body Double, The Sinner, The Apprentice, The Surgeon, Life Support, Bloodstream, and Gravity. Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.