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A predator is killing little girls. And
Houston Detective Jack Briggs knows
there will be no peace for him until he
stops the monster. He knows he’s the
only one who can.
Two little girls have been abducted
and killed, their bodies found wrapped
in blankets, holding teddy bears, and
cleaned with bleach to destroy any
forensic evidence. The investigation is
going nowhere until the third intended
victim miraculously escapes. But little
Amanda Hunt is a traumatized 4-yearold
girl and Briggs has to make sense
of the only clue she gives him: ‘It was
cold. It was really cold.’
When FBI Special Agent Rachel Sullivan
arrives, Briggs’ job becomes all the
more diffi cult. The FBI is sure that the
Houston child murders are connected
to eight more in fi ve different states.
Whether Briggs likes it or not, Sullivan
becomes part of the Houston Police
Department’s Major Crimes Task Force.
Also on the special task force are
Detective Tom Gannon, an easygoing
Irishman who is Briggs’ new partner,
and Dr. Jim Holloway, the HPD
psychiatrist. Briggs and Holloway have
a long, complicated relationship, tied
to the HPD Boys’ Ranch and retired
HPD cop Leo Hagen.
While the task force moves forward
with its investigation, the killer
watches from the outside. He reads the
newspaper articles, watches the TV
news coverage of the child murders,
is fl attered that the FBI has become
involved, and plans his next murder.
And he delights in knowing he has a
secret that gives him an advantage
over Briggs. A secret that he uses to
stay a step ahead of Briggs in the
deadly game that they’re playing. A
deadly game that he intends to win.
But what the killer doesn’t know is
that Briggs is willing to risk everything,
call up his past demons to stop him.
Because Briggs knows it’ll take a monster to stop a monster.
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