In this "top-notch romantic suspense" (Allison Brennan), rookie FBI profiler Elaina McCord finds herself stonewalled by local cops when she's sent out to profile a serial killer. With the help of true-crime writer Troy Stockton, and the high-tech Tracers forensics lab, she uncovers the evidence that may put the killer awayโif he doesn't catch her first.
Elaina McCordโs dream of being an FBI profiler is threatened by her very first caseโinvestigating a string of murders near a Texas beach resort. The victims, all young women, were drugged and brutally murdered, their bodies abandoned in desolate marshland. Elainaโs hunchโmet with disbelief by local policeโis that these are only the latest offerings from a serial killer who has been perfecting his art for years, growing bolder and more cunning with each strike.
True-crime writer Troy Stockton has a reputation as an irresistible playboy who gets his story at any cost. Heโs the last person Elaina should trust, let alone be attracted to. But right now Troy, along with the elite team of forensics experts known as the Tracers, is her only ally in a case thatโs turning dangerously personal. A killer is reaching out to Elaina, taunting her, letting her know how ruthless he is and how close heโs getting. Now itโs not just her career thatโs in jeopardyโitโs her life. . . .