From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a novel of sexy romantic suspense for fans of Nora Roberts, Catherine Coulter, and Karen Robards.
WHO SPEAKS FOR THE DEAD WHEN THEY SCREAM BLOODY MURDER?
Sheldon Woods kidnapped and killed an untold number of boys, then escaped the death penalty by making a plea bargain for multiple life sentences in exchange for revealing the whereabouts of some of his victims. More than a decade later, the full extent of his crimes is still unknown, and many of the dead have never been accounted for. But Lisa Walsh is certain her brother Christopher was one of them, and to honor her motherâs dying wish, sheâs on a mission to learn the truth and recover the little boyâs remains. FBI agent Portia Cahill, tasked with confronting the caged killer, is obliged to play his mind games to get what sheâs after, but she ends up with more than she bargained for when the remains of another boyâs body are discovered.
Determined to ID the mystery child, Portia reluctantly teams with James Cannon, the attorney who once defended Woods. But chasing a killerâs grisly legacy, and the bones of the forgotten dead, will lead them into the lethal orbit of a monster whoâs seeding the graves of the past with a fresh wave of innocent victims.