Publisher's Synopsis
"The reader never (and I mean never) knows from one page to the next what might happen. That continues to make this series successful and suspenseful." -BookReporter.com
A brutal madman sprays bullets into a crowd of children leaving a San Francisco church. Miraculously - or perhaps intentionally - only one person dies. Then an elderly black woman is hung. Police homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer senses a connection and together with medical examiner Claire, assistant D. A. Jill, and Chronicle reporter Cindy, finds a link that sends a chill through the entire nation. This killer's motives are unspeakable.