Publisher's Synopsis
A young woman dies from exposure to the ringing bells in a cathedral belltower, her death labeled an unfortunate suicide.A man is chained to a wall, the victim of a lonely and horrible death. Not even his bizarre clothing gives the police a clue to his murder.A mother and child are found poisoned in their own home. The deaths labeled a tragic murder-suicide resulting from post-partum depression. Only Special Agent Mike Donaldson recognizes the connection of these seemingly unrelated deaths: A serial killer is on the loose in Miami, his murders based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.Supposedly on vacation, Mike uses his down time to investigate the deaths, but when he finds proof of his theory, the FBI refuses to believe him. After another horrific death, Mike is vindicated, and the Violent Crime Major Offender Task force is charged with finding a serial killer whose victims have nothing in common and whose method of murder changes with each death.Now, Mike must lead the investigation while battling a supervisor who wants his removal from the investigation, a traitor on his team working to discredit him and his own doubts and insecurities. Can Mike mold a group of diverse personalities into a team and find the murderer before another gruesome death occurs?Read the new and exciting book of murder and intrigue by the author of Winding Trail.
