“Without a doubt . . . one of the most intense suspense writers around.”— Chicago Tribune

“[Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust.” —People

He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies ablaze. He has already claimed three lives, and he won’t stop there. Only this time there is a witness. But she isn’t talking.

Enter Kate Conlan, former FBI agent turned victim/witness advocate. Not even she can tell if the reluctant witness is a potential victim or something more troubling still. Her superiors are interested only because the latest victim may be the daughter of Peter Bondurant, an enigmatic billionaire. When Peter pulls strings, Special Agent John Quinn gets assigned to the case. But the FBI’s ace profiler of serial killers is the last person Kate wants to work with, not with their troubled history. Now she faces the most difficult role of her career—and her life. For she’s the only woman who has what it takes to stop the killer . . . and the one woman he wants next.

“You’ll want to lock the doors while you’re reading.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“An up-all-night read.”— The Detroit News

塔米·霍格是美国女作家，现定居在弗吉尼亚州，以撰写节奏明快、故事惊险、语言幽默的美式推理小说见长。她熟悉联邦调查局的运作模式，作品有很强的现实基础，亦不乏大胆合理的想象，加之融入女性独特的视角，因而在不同类作品中独树一帜，成为各大图书排行榜上的常客。主要作品包括《一条细细的黑线》、《夜之罪》、《黑暗的天堂》、《灰烟散尽》及其姐妹篇《尘埃落定》等。