Hangman
<strong>THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER<Br><Br>“Brilliant!†—Jeffery Deaver, </strong><strong><em>New York Times</em></strong><strong> bestselling author<Br><Br>“Two well-chewed thumbs up.†—Gregg Hurwitz, </strong><strong><em>New York Times</em></strong><strong> bestselling author<Br><Br>An addictive debut thriller starring an FBI consultant with a peculiar taste for crime and punishment…</strong><Br><Br>A boy vanishes on his way home from school. His frantic mother receives a ransom call: pay or else. It’s only hours before the deadline, and the police have no leads. Enter Timothy Blake, an FBI consultant with a knack for solving impossible cases but whose expertise comes at a price. Every time he saves a life, he takes one, trying to satisfy an urge he fears he can only control for so long.<Br><Br>And this time Blake may have met his match. The kidnapper is more cunning and ruthless than any he’s faced before. And he’s been assigned a new partner within the Bureau: a woman linked to the past he’s so desperate to forget. Because he has a secret, one so dark he will do anything to keep it hidden.<Br><Br>For fans of Dexter and <em>Hannibal</em>, <em>Hangman</em> introduces a darkly mesmerizing character whose skill at finding criminals comes from a knowledge that can only be learned firsthand.