They dubbed him the Collector, so named for his ritual of
collecting victims before disposing of them in the most
heinous ways possible. FBI Special Agent Maggie O'Dell
tracked him for two years, finally ending their game of
cat and mouse. Now Albert Stucky has escaped from
prison . . . and he is setting up a new game for Maggie
O'Dell.
Some say Maggie O'Dell has lost her edge as one of the
FBI's best profilers. Since capturing Stucky, she's been
walking a tightwire, battling nightmares and guilt over
the victims she couldn't save. Now that Stucky is loose
again, she's been pulled out of the field. But she knows
it's only a matter of time before she's drawn back in —
because only she can see so clearly into the mind of this
madman. And he's counting on just that.
As Stucky's trail of victims leads closer and closer to
Maggie, she is put back on the case under the supervision
of Special Agent R. J. Tully. Together they race against
the clock to hunt the killer who remains one bloody step
ahead of them. And Maggie finds herself pushed to the very
edge. Has her desire to stop Albert Stucky become a matter
of personal vengeance? Has she crossed the line? And has
that been Stucky's goal all along — to make her into a
monster?