The first body is a mystery. She`s young. She`s beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets - except for a notebook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. The next body is a warning. When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the city streets: a shadowy madman without mercy or apparent motive. The police are sceptical. The mayor won`t listen. And Kat`s chief suspect is one of the city`s most prominent citizens. The final be hers. With the death toll rising, Kat races to expose a deadly conspiracy and the brutal killer at its heart - a killer who will stalk her from the dangerous streets of the inner city to the corridors of power. Because he`s closer than she ever dreamt. And every move she makes could be her very last. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.