New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag returns with a thriller that begins with a shocking crime scene youll never forget and follows two relentless detectives on a manhunt that ends in a chilling confrontation with the essence of human evilIt was a crime so brutal it changed the lives of even the most hardened homicide cops The Haas family murders left a scar on the community nothing can erase but everyone agrees that convicting the killer Karl Dahl is a start Only Judge Carey Moore seems to be standing in the way Her ruling that Dahls prior criminal record is inadmissible raises a public outcryand puts the judge in grave dangerWhen an unknown assailant attacks Judge Moore in a parking garage two of Minneapoliss top cops are called upon to solve the crime and keep the judge from further harm Detective Sam Kovac is as hard-boiled as they come and his wisecracking partner Nikki Liska isnt far behind Neither one wants to be on this case but when Karl Dahl escapes from custody everything changes and a seemingly straightforward case cartwheels out of controlThe stakes go even higher when the judge is kidnappedsnatched out of her own bed even as the police sit outside watching her house Now Kovac and Liska must navigate through a maze of suspects that includes the stepson of a murder victim a husband with a secret life and a rogue cop looking for revenge where the justice system failedWith no time to spare the detectives are pulled down a strange dark trail of smoke and mirrors where no one is who they seem and everyone is guilty of Prior Bad Acts.
