Book description
For FBI Special Agent Maggie O'Dell, there is nothing routine about
being called in to work these two cases. As an expert criminal profiler,
Maggie provides psychological insight on cases that involve suspected
serial killers. She can't understand, then, why her boss, Assistant
Director Cunningham, has assigned her to these two seemingly unrelated
crimes. But as Maggie and her partner, Special Agent R. J. Tully, delve
into the two cases, they learn that there is a connection between the
crimes: Reverend Joseph Everett. The charismatic leader of a
high-profile religious sect, Everett has cultivated a devoted following
that is growing in numbers daily. The young men holed up in the cabin
were members of Everett's church, and the murder of the young woman took
place following a religious rally Everett held in the capital. The key
to unraveling the significance of these two crimes is Everett himself.
But he is untouchable, living on a heavily guarded compound the police
are unable to penetrate. Maggie realizes, however, that she may have
found a way to get to Everett: by using her own mother, a member of his
church. Is Everett a psychotic madman who uses his position of power to
perform heinous crimes? Or is he merely a scapegoat for a killer more
cunning, more disciplined than he? Maggie realizes too late that there
is more going on here than the FBI ever imagined . . . and her own
mother may be about to pay the price. For FBI Special Agent Maggie
O'Dell, there is nothing routine about being called in to work these two
cases. As an expert criminal profiler, Maggie provides psychological
insight on cases that involve suspected serial killers. She can't
understand, then, why her boss, Assistant Director Cunningham, has
assigned her to these two seemingly unrelated crimes. But as Maggie and
her partner, Special Agent R. J. Tully, delve into the two cases, they
learn that there is a connection between the crimes: Reverend Joseph
Everett. The charismatic leader of a high-profile religious sect,
Everett has cultivated a devoted following that is growing in numbers
daily. The young men holed up in the cabin were members of Everett's
church, and the murder of the young woman took place following a
religious rally Everett held in the capital. The key to unraveling the
significance of these two crimes is Everett himself. But he is
untouchable, living on a heavily guarded compound the police are unable
to penetrate. Maggie realizes, however, that she may have found a way to
get to Everett: by using her own mother, a member of his church. Is
Everett a psychotic madman who uses his position of power to perform
heinous crimes? Or is he merely a scapegoat for a killer more cunning,
more disciplined than he? Maggie realizes too late that there is more
going on here than the FBI ever imagined . . . and her own mother may be
about to pay the price.
