River City is plagued by a serial rapist. His attacks are becoming more brutal and Detective John Tower is sure that he'll go from rape to murder if he isn't stopped soon. Meanwhile, the attacks stir up ghosts for both Officer Katie MacLeod and Officer Thomas Chisolm. Both struggle to put those haunted memories to rest even as they are drawn into the center of Tower's investigation. When a series of missteps and near misses push the rapist even further, everyone involved must face their old fears... or be destroyed by them. A book that would've made Ed McBain proud! Dave Zeltserman, author of Bad Thoughts Frank Zafiro channels Ed McBain and Joseph Wambaugh in this taut and frightening thriller. Simon Wood, author of Terminated Mr. Zafiro's writing deserves more than comparison with the greats of the police procedural sect, it holds it's own amongst them. Todd Robinson, editor of Thuglit Beneath A Weeping Sky is the third River City novel.