Series: Book 2 in the Unsub series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Thriller, Lang:en
Summary
In this exhilarating thriller
inspired by real-life serial killer Ted Bundy, FBI profiler
Caitlin Hendrix faces off against a charming, merciless
serial killer. In southern Texas, on Saturday nights, women are
disappearing. One vanishes from a movie theater. Another is
ripped from her car at a stoplight. Another vanishes from her
home while checking on her baby. Rookie FBI agent Caitlin Hendrix, newly assigned to the
FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, fears that a serial
killer is roaming the dark roads outside Austin. Caitlin and
the FBI's serial crime unit discover the first victim's body
in the woods. She's laid out in a bloodstained, white
baby-doll nightgown. A second victim in a white nightie lies
deeper in the forest's darkness. Both bodies are surrounded
by Polaroid photos, stuck in the earth like headstones. Each
photo pictures a woman in a white negligee, wrists slashed,
suicide-style - posed like Snow White awaiting her prince's
kiss. To track the UNSUB, Caitlin must get inside his mind.
How is he selecting these women? Working with a legendary FBI
profiler, Caitlin searches for a
homology - that elusive point where character and
action come together. She profiles a confident, meticulous
killer who convinces his victims to lower their guard until
he can overpower and take them in plain sight. He then
reduces them to objects in a twisted fantasy - dolls for him
to possess, control, and ultimately destroy. Caitlin's
profile leads the FBI to focus on one man: a charismatic,
successful professional who easily gains people's trust. But
with only circumstantial evidence linking him to the murders,
the police allow him to escape. As Saturday night approaches,
Caitlin and the FBI enter a desperate game of cat and mouse,
racing to capture the cunning predator before he claims more
victims.