Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
In order to view the body, Melanie and Dan were…
Melanie had a special talent for investigating the ugliest crimes—homicides,…
Detective Julian Hay held up the recording device and pushed…
After Lieutenant Deaver left, Melanie turned to Dan in a…
Before the press conference, they convened an impromptu team meeting…
It was just past four on Thursday morning, warm, blustery,…
The sun was up over the East River, and doormen…
Melanie hadn’t slept all night. She was still in the…
There was so much to do that Melanie hardly knew…
Back in her office, Melanie began her workday as she…
Melanie and Janice sat at the conference table, which was…
It was late Thursday afternoon and the arraignment court was…
Melanie was concerned with more than just avoiding blame if…
Melanie called Dan O’Reilly’s cell phone as she hurried toward…
It had been more than six years since Dan O’Reilly’s…
Friday morning, on her way to an appointment with the…
The director of security for Target News was a big…
Clyde Williams was on Melanie’s mind, and not only because…
Bernadette authorized Melanie to approach Clyde Williams with the limited…
Forty-two hours had passed since Suzanne Shepard’s murder.
Back at her desk, Melanie was feeling the pressure. It…
As Melanie walked down the hall toward her office, anxiety…
I have some big news,” Dan said.
It was seven o’clock on Friday night, and Melanie was…
David Harris was on the telephone with his wife, and…
The facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art had recently…
Even under normal conditions the Temple of Dendur was a…
Melanie made a complete circuit of the Temple grounds, working…
Melanie slept like the dead, and didn’t wake until eight…
Melanie sat in the war room on th sixth floor…
Miles Ortiz had met Dr. Benedict Welch eight months earlier in…
After the proffer session, Melanie left the agents and the…
They found Bob Adelman pacing outside the open door of…
Melanie—[the e-mail began], Show some respect and write back or…
Melanie might be reckless, but she wasn’t stupid. Once she…
Half an hour later, Melanie took her seat at the…
The upside of having her plan to catch the Butcher…
In New York, the line between the cops and the…
In front of her building, Melanie told Agent Crockett that…
Melanie opened her eyes to dazzling sunlight and a shrieking…
Melanie and Mark Sonschein sat in his office, strategizing their…
The man who went by the name Benedict Welch was…
But when Melanie called Mark Sonschein to crow about her…
Benedict Welch’s apartment was situated in a premier Fifth Avenue…
A trip to California to interview Harvey was simply not…
The second Melanie walked into the ceremonial courtroom, she heard…
Disheartened and anxious, Melanie trudged back to her office to…
With two potential killers after her, Melanie suddenly found herself…
It was a thick summer afternoon in New York City, nearly…
As soon as she broke the connection to Dan, Melanie…
Melanie spent the next couple of days curled up in…
Dan drove Melanie to Peter Terrozzi’s funeral. When she cried,…