Cuts Like a Knife

<i>&quot;</i>An intense, eerie, funny and suspenseful thriller ... M.K. Gilroy's debut is a sure-fire winner.&quot; <b>- USA TODAY</b><br> <br> Detective Kristen Conner goes undercover to find a serial killer only to find herself as his next favorite target.<br> When Leslie Reed is found dead in her fashionable townhome, a red flag goes up in Washington, D.C. The FBI knows an elusive &quot;organized killer&quot; on a decade-long crime spree is at work again. The problem is the Feds have only one tenuous lead to assist local police in the manhunt ... a most unlikely place the killer likes to find his victims.<br> Conner is light one her feet and packs a powerful punch - growing up in a cop's home, intense hand-to-hand combat training, and not being able to shoot a handgun straight - all encourage that. Her life is built on faith and family: she only misses church when she is fighting with her mom and glamorous TV news reporter sister - or relentlessly tracking down a ruthless killer.<br> Kristen is a good cop but she's never faced an adversary like the man the alternative press has dubbed the Cutter Shark.<b> </b>From the opening chase scene that leads her to a back alley where a punk with a knife awaits her, to the climactic scene where she goes one-on-one with the hauntingly familiar man who is killing innocent women in her town, <b>Cuts Like a Knife,</b> is loaded with action, humor, a dash of romance, and wry introspection through the voice of its irrepressible lead character.<br> <br> <b><i>Cuts Like a Knife</i></b><i> is the first book in the Kristen Conner Mystery Series. <b>Every Breath You Take</b> is now in the market and has quickly garnered the same rave reviews.</i>