Henry Carter Hull

Detective Archie Sheridan, having recovered from an attack by the serial murderer known as the Beauty Killer and struck a truce with her to stop taking lives, is thrown back on her trail when another body with her trademark is found, but questions whether she is responsible or if a fan club is copying her crimes.

Elizabeth Avery, a woman with the ability to manipulate people into committing crimes, kills a young journalist, and, when her crime catches the attention of federal prosecutor Allison Pierce, FBI agent Nicole Hedges, and crime reporter Cassidy Shaw, she decides the only way to avoid getting caught is to make matters personal with the three women, whom she happens to know.

A female serial killer reconnects with her twin sister in this novel by an acclaimed National Book Award winner and "first-rate thriller writer" (The New York Times Book Review). Demure Lily Merrick is a dutiful housewife and mother who teaches pottery classes in upstate New York. Then, out of the blue, her estranged sister, Sharon, shows up after fifteen years, seeking refuge from her life as a Las Vegas stripper. At first Lily is overwhelmed and...