Audio Book Description:
It`s August in New York, and the only thing that`s hotter than the pavement isManhattan D.A. Alex Cooper`s professional and personal life. Justas she`s claiming an especially gratifying victory in arape case, she gets the call: The body of a young woman has been found in an abandonedbuilding. The brutality of the murder is disturbing enough, but when a second body, beaten and disposed of in exactly the same manner, is found off the BeltParkway, the city`s top brass want the killer found fast, before the tabloids can start churning out ghoulish serial killer headlines. Between dodging thebullets of the gang members whoare infuriated by Alex`s most recent courtroom victory and keeping a rendezvous with a charming restaurateur,a serial killer on the loose isthe last thing she needs onher plate right now. Then a third victim is found, and it becomes clear to Alex and her teamthat time is not on their side.Through Alex`s peerless interrogation skills-andone big break-the search becomes focusedon someone who has a twisted obsessionwith the military, and things grow increasingly dangerous when the chase leads to a chain of small, abandoned islandsaround New York harbor.
