Five years ago, Marcus Flynn was accused of murdering young girls in North Buffalo, New York. Just before being apprehended, he shot himself in the head, but survived. Known as the Hangman for his method of death, he was sent to prison without revealing the location of the last girl's body. Crazy to start with, the bullet to the brain further acerbated his mental state. When he's able to escape his prison guard while being transferred, the Hangman is resurrected and his horrific reign of terror starts again.

Buffalo homicide cop Absalom (Abbie) Kearney is lead detective, and she'll do whatever it takes to stop the Hangman. Having a decorated cop for a father from in the tough Irish enclave in South Buffalo known as the "County" and now wearing his old badge, Abbie knows there are other ways to investigate this crime. Will she become desperate enough to cross the line and ask for help from the "Network" of ex-cops who knew her father so well? It may be the only way she can bring the Hangman to justice.

HANGMAN by Stephan Talty is a riveting, fast-paced psychological crime thriller that will captivate readers from first page to last. We first met the indomitable Abbie Kearney in the compelling thriller BLACK IRISH, and she hasn't lost a bit of her edge in HANGMAN. Be prepared for lots of tense components to the investigation as it leads to a startling ending.