内容简介
WhenateenagequarrelinthesmalltownofHeartsdaleexplodesintoadeadlyshoot-out,SaraLinton-paediatricianandmedicalexaminer-findsherselfentangledinahorrifictragedy.Andwhatseemsatfirsttobeaterriblebutindividualcatastropheprovestohavewiderimplicationswhentheautopsyrevealsevidenceoflong-termabuseandritualisticself-mutilation.SaraandpolicechiefJeffreyTolliverstarttoinvestigate,butthechildrensurroundingthevictimcloseranks.Thefamiliesturntheirbacks.Thenayounggirlisabducted,anditbecomesclearthatthefirstdeathislinkedtoanevenmorebrutalcrime.AndunlessSaraandJeffreycanuncoverthedeadlysecretsthechildrenhide,it'sgoingtohappenagain...(20021018)
作者简介
KarinSlaughtergrewupinasmallsouthGeorgiatownandhasbeenwritingsinceshewasachild.SheistheauthoroftheinternationalbestsellersBlindsighted,Kisscut,AFaintColdFear,Indelible,Faithless,SkinPrivilege,Triptych,Fractured,GenesisandBroken.Sheisalsotheauthorofthedarklycomicnovella,MartinMisunderstoodandtheeditorofandcontributortoLikeaCharm,acollaborationofBritishandAmericancrimefictionwriters.ShelivesinAtlanta.(20021018)