Synopses & Reviews
In a quiet New York suburb, three days before Christmas, two little girls have disappeared. It's a calculated and chilling reminder of a crime that happened once before, fifteen years ago to the day, when Detective Rouge Kendall's twin sister fell into the clutches ora sadistic predator -- and vanished. But if the crime was solved, if the killer was apprehended, then who is playing with a haunted man's unforgettable fears?
It's more than a mystery. For Kendall, it's an omen of something terrifying to come. Something that will take him to the darkest corners of his imagination -- and into the heart of a private nightmare that has never been put to rest...
Synopsis
It is three days before Christmas, and two young girls have disappeared from the local academy. This hasn t happened for fifteen years, since Rouge Kendall s twin sister was murdered. The killer was found, but now Rouge, twenty-five and a policeman, is forced to wonder: Was he really the one? Also wondering is a former classmate named Ali Cray, a forensic psychologist with scars of her own. The pattern is the same, she says: a child called out to meet a friend. The friend is the bait, the Judas child, and is quickly killed. But the primary victim lives longer...until Christmas Day.
Rouge doesn t want to hear this. He s spent the last fifteen years trying to avoid the
memories: drinking alone, lying low, washing out of school and a promising first career.Now he might abandon law enforcement too but something won t let him, not yet. A little girl has haunted his dreams all these years and he has three days finally to put her to rest."
Synopsis
The disappearance of two children from a New York suburb is a chilling reminder of 15 years before when Detective Rouge Kendall's twin sister vanished at the hands of a sadistic predator. It's an omen of something terrible to come.
Synopsis
Several days before Christmas, two 10-year-old girls suddenly disappear from a close-knit small town. Enter forensic psychologist Ali Cray, whose own painful past makes her more determined than ever to ensure justice for this case. Reissue.
About the Author
Carol O'Connell is the author of eight previous Mallory novels, including the national bestseller Winter House, and of Judas Child.