Deadly Deception

Fans of James Patterson and Michael Connelly will love C.M. Sutter

The middle-of-the-night phone call is becoming a regular occurrence for Chicago homicide detective Jesse McCord. These calls rarely result in good endings, and after his latest three a.m. call, Jesse's officially on the clock as he and his team begin a fast-paced hunt for a vicious killer.

Only one witnessa thirteen-year-old girlhas lived to give a description of the perpetrator, and that's only from a split-second glimpse of the man. Even after he is on police radar, the killer finds a way to stay one step ahead of the detectives while leaving a slew of dead bodies in his wake. A multistate chase brings the help that Jesse desperately needs, and once captured, the killer reveals the jaw-dropping explanation for his murderous rampage.

An act of jealousy and deception has set the wheels in motion, and the results are devastating, with...