This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Green, S. E., 1971–

Killer within / S. E. Green. — First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.

p. cm.

“A Killer Instinct Novel.”

Summary: Disturbed Lane resumes her role as the Masked Savior, but an admirer becomes a copycat, assaulting the defenseless. And Lane also suspects someone

is spying on her. Someone who knows her secrets.

[1. Criminals—Fiction. 2. Heroes—Fiction. 3. Family life—Washington (D.C.)—Fiction. 4. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 5. Criminal investigation—Fiction. 6. Washington (D.C.)—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.G82632Kiq 2015 [Fic]—dc23 2014022802

ISBN 978-1-4814-0288-0 (hc)

ISBN 978-1-4814-0290-3 (eBook)