A horrific discovery at a hotel sends PI Frank Quinn and the NYPD after a madman in this thriller by the New York Times-bestselling Shamus Award winner. When half a dozen bodies are found in a hotel room, tied up and with a set of initials carved into their foreheads, the NYPD recognizes the signature of a serial killer. Ex-cop and PI Frank Quinn has faced this perpetrator in the past-and paid a price for it. But he intends to stop the murderer once and for all... From a winner of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America and a finalist for the Anthony and Edgar awards, this gritty, fast-paced novel continues the series starring the former top homicide detective who was framed for corruption and forced to retire-but isn't finished taking down the city's most terrifying and elusive criminals. "Lutz ranks with such vintage masters of big-city murder as Lawrence Block and Ed McBain." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A major talent." -John Lescroart, New York Times-bestselling author of The Missing Piece "Lutz knows how to make you shiver." -Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Think Twice<

For more than forty years, John Lutz was one of the premier voices in contemporary hard-boiled fiction, producing dozens of novels and more than 250 short stories. His earliest success came with the Alo Nudger series, set in his hometown of St. Louis. Tropical Heat introduced Fred Carver, a Florida detective whom Lutz followed in ten novels. He later wrote five books in the Frank Quinn serial killer series. Lutz was a former president of the Mystery Writers of America, and his many honors include lifetime achievement awards from the Short Mystery Fiction Society and the Private Eye Writers of America. He died in 2021.