He thinks he sees a flash of emotion in her eyes. Sympathy? Then it's gone. 'Whatever you think this is going to be like,' she whispers, 'it's going to be worse.' When beautiful serial killer Gretchen Lowell captured her last victim, the man in charge of hunting her down, she quickly established who was really in control of the investigation. So why, after ten days of horrifying physical and mental torture, did she release Detective Archie Sheridan from the brink of death and hand herself in? Two years on, Archie remains driven by a terrifying obsession that was born during his time alone with Gretchen. One thing is clear Archie does not believe he was ever truly freed. Now Archie returns to lead the search for a new killer, whose recent attacks on teenage girls have left the city of Portland reeling. Shadowed by vulnerable young reporter Susan Ward, Archie knows that only one person can help him climb into the mind of this psychopath. But can Archie finally manage to confront the demons of his past without being consumed by them?

`Move over Thomas Harris, there's a new kid on the block. What's more, Chelsea Cain has brought a brilliantly disturbing twist to the whole serial killer genre, as well as penning a thoroughly gripping and convincing thriller....This is, of course, classic stuff in the Hannibal Lecter mould, but Chelsea Cain has a compelling prose style, and makes her characters highly believable and very sexy. She also brilliantly captures the rain-soaked beauty and hippy heritage of Portland....Cain knows exactly when to floor the accelerator. No wonder a Hollywood deal has already been struck'. - Daily Mirror
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