Stand-Alone Novel

Obsession is the trick. Pain is the treat.

It’s a Halloween horror—a body mounted like a scarecrow, chest carved with the letters T or T.  A sadistic taunt, made worse by the candy stuffed inside the corpse.  Detective Shailene Adler is determined to solve the case. But the bodies  are stacking up, and the killer is only getting started.

The  murders aren’t the only threat closing in. Accusations inside the  department put her badge on the line, and betrayal cuts closer to home  than she ever imagined. Then there’s Callen Hawthorne—the new neighbor  across the hall. Too close. Too convenient. And far too tempting. A man  with secrets that could become a double-edged sword.

Now Shailene  must balance a case spiraling out of control with a truth she never  wanted to face. Because every clue drags her closer to the past and to a  night that should have stayed buried.