Young, healthy victims are turning up dead in the New Mexico desert, their bodies displayed in dramatic ways. Rachel must race against time to track down the killer—even if that means indulging in his twisted fantasies.
FBI Special Agent Rachel Gift is among the FBI's most brilliant agents at hunting down serial killers. She plans on doing this forever—until she discovers she has months left to live. Determined to go down fighting, and to keep her diagnosis a secret, Rachel faces her own mortality while trying to save other's lives. But how long can she go until she collapses under the weight of it all?
"A MASTERPIECE OF THRILLER AND MYSTERY. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page."
--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)
This is book #4 in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose bestsellers have received over 1,000 five star reviews.
FBI Agent Rachel Gift, 33, unparalleled for her ability to enter the minds of serial killers, is a rising star in the Behavioral Crimes Unit—until a routine doctor visit reveals she has but a few months left to live.
Not wishing to burden others with her pain, Rachel decides, agonizing as it is, not to tell anyone—not even her boss, her partner, her husband, or her seven-year-old daughter. She wants to go down fighting, and to take as many serial killers with her as she can.
When she learns of a string of bizarre murders in New Mexico, Rachel quickly realizes this is no ordinary killer. In a race against time, Rachel must quickly figure out who is luring these victims out to the desert—and why.
Meanwhile, her own clock is running out. Can she solve this macabre puzzle and stop the murderer once and for all?
A riveting and chilling crime thriller featuring a brilliant and flailing FBI agent, the series is an unputdownable mystery, packed with suspense, twists and shocking secrets, propelled by a page-turning pace that will keep you bleary-eyed late into the night.