In FBI Profiler Karen Vail’s second adventure after the standout bestseller The 7th Victim, Vail finds herself in the Napa Valley where a serial killer has been crushing his victims’ windpipes and leaving their bodies in caves and vineyards. But when the Crush Killer learns that an FBI profiler has joined the Major Crimes Task Force, the newfound attention emboldens him, and he engages Vail in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Although a sudden break in the case helps her zero in on the identity of the killer, she senses that something isn’t right. Will she figure it out before it’s too late?
In a rousing climax that has left readers breathless (and which Publisher’s Weekly termed “a shockeroo” ending), Vail must pick up the pieces—and the carnage left behind by the Crush Killer.
Note: elements of the Crush storyline continue in Velocity (Karen Vail #3). A discounted, bundled digital edition of both novels is available.
With the killer’s actions threatening the Napa Valley’s multi-billion dollar industry, the stakes have never been greater, and the race to find the killer never more urgent.
And through it all, a surprise lurks…one that Karen Vail never sees coming.
Meticulously researched during years of work with the FBI profiling unit and extensive interviews with wine industry professionals, bestselling author Alan Jacobson delivers a high-velocity thriller featuring the kind of edge-of-your-seat ending that inspired Nelson DeMille to call him "a hell of a writer."