Publisher's Synopsis
JORDAN AND URICH NOW HUNT THE MAN WHO MURDERED JORDAN'S DAUGHTER!
A SERIAL KILLER CALLING HIMSELF THE GINGERBREAD MAN TARGETS TEENAGE PROSTITUTES IN MEMPHIS. TO FACILITATE THEIR INVESTIGATION, MEMPHIS POLICE KEEP DETAILS OF HIS KILLINGS FROM THE PUBLIC AND DENY HE EXISTS. FRUSTRATED BY THIS LACK OF NOTORIETY, THE KILLER STALKS INVESTIGATORS IN THE CASE AND EXPANDS HIS KILLING GROUND TO TUNICA.
WHILE ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT TO TUNICA COUNTY, JORDAN AND URICH STUMBLE ON A MURDER THAT MIRRORS JORDAN'S DAUGHTER'S KILLING, THREE YEARS BEFORE. REMOVED FROM HIS DAUGHTER'S MURDER CASE THEN AS IT INVOLVED A FAMILY MEMBER. NOW, AS THE MURDER OCCURRED IN A NEIGHBORING COUNTY, HE IS AGAIN WARNED OFF THE CASE. ESTRANGED FROM CHARMAIN, HIS DAUGHTER'S DEATH NOW RETURNS TO HAUNT HIM. THESE FORCES SHOVE HIM DOWN THE PATH THAT NEARLY WRECKED HIS LIFE BEFORE.
ENRAGED BY THE AUTHORITIES' CONTINUED SILENCE, THE KILLER SNATCHES A YOUNG GIRL WORKING THE STREETS. WITH CHARMAIN AS HIS SPOKESPERSON, HE OFFERS TO SPARE THE GIRL IF HIS HUNTERS. RESCUE THE GIRL IN TWO WEEKS. IF NOT? HE WILL HARVEST HER LIKE THE OTHERS!
WILL JORDAN RIGHT HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND FIND A WAY TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CASE? FOLLOW THE HUNT ALONG WITH US IF YOU DARE!
Robert Jordan and Christine Urich, Mix a hint of Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch with a twist of James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux. Add Robert Dugoni's, Trace Crosswhite. The result gives bad guys nightmares!
