After getting divorced, Detective Sergeant Michael McCabe decided it was high time to leave New York City. He’d wanted to raise his young daughter away from the violence of the city streets...so he’s unprepared for the horrific killer he discovers in the quiet enclave of Portland, Maine.
Early on a September evening, the mutilated body of a pretty teenager, a high school soccer star, is found dumped in a scrap-metal yard. She had been viciously assaulted, her heart cut out of her chest. The very same day a young businesswoman, also a blonde and an athlete, was abducted while jogging. McCabe suspects both crimes are the work of the same man who is clearly well-versed in complex surgical procedures—and who is likely to strike again....
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From a formidable new voice in suspense fiction comes an edge-of-the-seat story of a homicide detective on the trail of a sadistic killer, who slays with exacting precision—and who harbors a terrifying motive...
“A clever and suspenseful thriller.’’
––A Boston Globe Pick of the Week
After getting divorced, Detective Sergeant Michael McCabe decided it was high time to leave New York City. He’d wanted to raise his young daughter away from the violence of the city streets...so he’s unprepared for the horrific killer he discovers in the quiet enclave of Portland, Maine.
“A taut crime thriller that will blow your socks off and ruin a night’s sleep.”—Stephen Coonts
Early on a September evening, the mutilated body of a pretty teenager, a high school soccer star, is found dumped in a scrap-metal yard. She had been viciously assaulted, her heart cut out of her chest. The very same day a young businesswoman, also a blonde and an athlete, was abducted while jogging. McCabe suspects both crimes are the work of the same man who is clearly well-versed in complex surgical procedures—and who is likely to strike again....
“Rarely does a new novelist make a debut, in Maine or anywhere else, as polished, well-paced, and plotted as this one.”
––Portland Press-Herald
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