FBI Special Agent Ilse Beck, victim of a traumatic childhood in Germany, moved to the U.S. to become a renowned psychologist specializing in PTSD, and the world’s leading expert in the unique trauma of serial-killer survivors. By studying the psychology of their survivors, Ilse has a unique and unparalleled expertise in the true psychology of serial killers. She had no idea, though, that she would become an FBI agent herself.
Victims of a new serial killer are being found with their bodies stuffed, the signature work of a taxidermist. Is this the killer’s trade? Or is he outwitting the FBI, planting a false trail, and far more dangerous than imagined?
Can Ilse enter his mind and catch him before it’s too late?
And can she juggle this case with another return trip to Germany, as she, finally, closes in on the darkest secrets of her childhood?