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An Amazon Charts bestseller.To a cunning serial killer, she was the one that got away. Until now…FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera escaped a serial killer’s trap at sixteen. Years later, when she’s jumped in a Virginia park, a video of the attack goes viral. Legions of new fans are not the only ones impressed with her fighting skills. The man who abducted her eleven years ago is watching. Determined to reclaim his lost prize, he commits a grisly murder designed to pull her into the investigation…but his games are just beginning. And he’s using the internet to invite the public to play along.His coded riddles may have made him a depraved social media superstar—an enigmatic cyber-ghost dubbed “the Cipher”—but to Nina he’s a monster who preys on the vulnerable. Partnered with the FBI’s preeminent mind hunter, Dr. Jeffrey Wade, who is haunted by his own past, Nina tracks the predator across the country. Clue by clue, victim by victim, Nina races to stop a deadly killer while the world watches.

A Wall Street Journal bestseller.For nearly thirty years a serial killer has been hiding in plain sight. So has the key to an FBI agent’s dark past.A family is murdered as they sleep. FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera and her new team are tasked with determining whether there is any link between this attack and another triple homicide from four years earlier and more than two thousand miles away. In the process, they’ll discover a serial killer so cunning that his grisly trail of death spanning nearly three decades has gone undetected. Each crime scene reminds Nina of the ghostly Latin folktale of La Llorona, which terrified her when she was an abandoned and vulnerable child. Now it’s back to haunt her.Nina has known evil, but these macabre reenactments are as disturbing as they are baffling. Now she must uncover the meaning behind the rituals as the evidence leads her in an unexpected direction—far closer to home than anyone could have imagined. As the team narrows in on a suspect, the present collides with Nina’s past in a twist of fate that forces her to make the ultimate sacrifice.

A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.A serial killer wants to play. FBI Agent Nina Guerrera has no time for games.Six female undergrads at an elite university vanish. The media descends. The families demand action. And as Special Agent Nina Guerrera follows clue by chilling clue, she realizes she’s tracking the most cunning predator of her career.The case takes a turn for the worse, and the bizarre, when several victims are found perfectly preserved. No signs of violence, no hint of how they died. Just more evidence that the killer is cruel, calculating, and a master of mind control.With her mission compromised, Nina must face her greatest failure—and greatest fear—to stop a deadly hunter before he claims another prize.

An FBI agent with a background in cryptography. A brilliant game maker bent on revenge. A deadly battle of wits and wills. An ingenious thriller from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Cipher.FBI agent and former military codebreaker Daniela “Dani” Vega witnesses a murder on a Manhattan sidewalk. The victim is chief of staff for a powerful New York senator. The assassin turned informant is Gustavo Toro. His code: hit the target and don’t ask questions. When Dani suspects a complex conspiracy, the only way to take down the mastermind is from the inside, forcing her to partner with Toro. Together they must infiltrate the inner circle at a remote facility.Except it’s a trap. For all of them.Locked in a subterranean labyrinth and held captive by an unseen host, Dani, Toro, and others must fight for their lives. Now Dani must stay undercover, unravel a bizarre conspiracy, and survive lethal puzzles. But will Toro be friend or foe? Because in this killer’s game, everything is real: the paranoia, the desperation, and the body count. And only one person can make it out alive.

An FBI agent tracks a brilliant serial killer in New York—right back to her own cold-blooded past in a riveting thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Cipher.FBI Special Agent Daniela “Dani” Vega was seventeen when her mother murdered her father. Ten years after Dani’s own damning eyewitness testimony sealed her mother’s fate, she’s starting to have doubts. What if she got it all wrong?A veteran NYPD homicide detective agrees to reopen the closed case on one condition—Dani must help him find a serial killer who’s been operating throughout New York City for the past decade. If anyone can decipher his patterns, and his riddles, it’s a trained codebreaker like Dani. The killer knows this too. And his next riddle—and victim—is meant just for her.For Dani, stopping a killer—and learning what really happened to her father—becomes more personal and more dangerous with each new twist. As secrets of the past are unearthed, the truth could forever change Dani’s life…and the lives of everyone she loves.

A dead man’s riddles—and secrets—thrust an FBI codebreaker into a deadly cross-country race for justice in a propulsive thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Cipher.During a recent undercover sting gone bad, hit man Gustavo Toro died in the arms of FBI Special Agent Daniela “Dani” Vega. But Toro had secrets he refused to take to the grave.In the event of his death, Toro left behind a video that promises to expose a mysterious mastermind who has been operating with impunity for decades. But there’s a catch. Dani’s team must follow Toro’s cryptic clues on a cross-country hunt for justice, and piecing together his past is more twisted than Dani could have imagined.But as Dani and her team race to gather the evidence, it’s clear this powerful adversary will stop at nothing to keep their secrets—including eliminating those who threaten to reveal them.

Winner of the Mariposa Award for Best First NovelPhoenix detective Veranda Cruz is dead set on taking down the Villalobos crime family, but the ruthlessness of her quarry demands a ruthless edge of her own.No one in the department suspects the real motivation behind the obsession that pits her against Bartolo Villalobos, heir apparent to a powerful criminal empire...until an operation goes horribly wrong. Targeted by an increasingly unstable foe, Veranda must protect her family and navigate adversaries within the force while she sets a trap for Bartolo. As the action heats up, Veranda and her new Homicide team-along with an arson investigator who kindles a flame of his own-are all drawn into a deadly gambit. Taking down Bartolo is the ultimate goal, but is Veranda ready to trade her life for justice?

One of Book Riot's Best 25 Suspense Books of 2018"Maldonado's a writer to watch, and she showcases her own extensive law enforcement background in this tightly plotted police procedural." -Publishers Weekly, starred reviewPhoenix detective Veranda Cruz has vowed to bring the Villalobos crime family to justice, but when a wave of violence in the city escalates, she is forced to confront her darkest fear.Adolfo Villalobos is a crime boss who's determined to stake his claim. To prove that he's ready to run his family's sprawling criminal empire, he devises a plan to silence his siblings and destroy Veranda, leaving a trail of destruction through downtown Phoenix that makes national headlines.Veranda believes the task force she's been assigned to lead will end Adolfo's reign of terror, until his revenge takes a cruel-and highly personal-twist. The cunning scheme devastates Veranda, who struggles with secrets from her past that may end her career. And her life.

Phoenix detective Veranda Cruz's relentless pursuit of the Villalobos crime family pits her against its most ruthless member yet. Beautiful, shrewd, and lethal, Daria Villalobos is on a mission. Determined to be the first woman to take the reins of her father's notorious organization, she hatches a plot to eliminate Veranda, framing a rival to take the fall. Veranda Cruz is on a mission of her own. Intent on destroying the powerful Villalobos criminal empire, Veranda battles her department and her personal demons as she takes on Daria. To survive the most cunning adversary she's ever faced, will she make a pact with a killer?

On kodiruet chuzhuju smert.Razgadaete ego poslanie - predotvratite ubijstvo.No vrjad li vy uspeete... Ved on vse rasschital - do detalej, do sekundy. On umnee vsekh. On - Bog.Rano utrom politsija nashla trup 16-letnej devushki. Na spine zhertvy ostalis tri ozhoga ot sigarety, obrazovavshie treugolnik. Vo rtu - zapiska s poslaniem. Rjadom na grjaznom asfalte blestel rombovidnyj kulon Ojo de Dios - "Glaz boga". A esche ubijtsa ostavil neponjatnuju nadpis, sostojaschuju iz tsifr i bukv. Vse eto adresovano odnomu cheloveku - spetsialnomu agentu FBR Nine Gerrere. I kulon etot kogda-to prinadlezhal ej...Nina - edinstvennaja, komu udalos sbezhat ot zagadochnogo serijnogo ubijtsy po prozvischu Shifr. A ved togda - odinnadtsat let nazad - on sobiralsja podarit etoj devchonke roskoshnuju smert. No segodnja nachinaetsja novaja igra... Igra, v kotoroj milliony polzovatelej sotssetej budut nabljudat, kak spetsagent Gerrera pytaetsja pojmat ego, razgadyvaja krovavye golovolomki. Podskazka za podskazkoj, shifr za shifrom, zhertva za zhertvoj...Avtor okonchila akademiju FBR i posvjatila 22 goda svoej zhizni poimke prestupnikov, v tom chisle serijnykh ubijts. Ona khorosho znaet to, o chem pishet, poetomu ee roman - fakticheski insajderskaja istorija, stavshaja populjarnoj vo vsem mire."Roman, rvuschij serdtse s pervoj zhe stranitsy. V nem est vse, chto dolzhno byt v pervoklassnom trillere: britvenno-ostryj sjuzhet, igra, stavka v kotoroj - zhizn... A personazhi - khoroshie i plokhie - vypisany nastolko zdorovo, chto vy smozhete pokljastsja, chto vstrechali ikh. Ja prochital knigu za odin prisest i garantiruju, chto s vami budet tak zhe. Da, i esche odno obeschanie: vam absoljutno ponravitsja Voitelnitsa!" - Dzheffri Diver"Zhenschina, perezhivshaja zhestokoe napadenie, stalkivaetsja so svoimi strakhami v okhote za serijnym ubijtsej... Kriminalistika, psikhologicheskij analiz, zhestkie dejstvija i nesgibaemaja geroinja, kotoraja protivostoit muzhchine, poslednemu iz vsekh, kogo ona khotela by uvidet snova". - Kirkus Reviews"Etot roman - nastojaschaja gonka so vremenem". - Popsugar"Maldonado masterski izobrazhaet zhenschinu, kotoraja cherpaet silu iz svoikh proshlykh travm, i ubeditelno pokazyvaet, kak monstr mozhet ispolzovat Internet, chtoby okhotitsja na ujazvimykh ljudej". - The Amazon Book Review

PRODOLZHENIE BESTSELLERA "SHIFR". BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL. On - master sozdanija illjuzij. No smert u nego vsegda nastojaschaja... Nina Gerrera - ta, komu udalos sbezhat ot zagadochnogo serijnogo ubijtsy po prozvischu Shifr, a zatem likvidirovat ego. Teper ona vkhodit v gruppu profajlerov FBR. ...Mat, otets i novorozhdennaja doch - vse mertvy. Vosmidnevnaja malyshka zadushena, muzhchina ubit vystrelom v serdtse, zhenschina legla v vannu i vystrelila sebe v visok. Vse vygljadit kak dvojnoe ubijstvo i suitsid. No eto ne tak. Eto - pocherk novogo serijnogo ubijtsy. Vprochem, novogo li? Nina Gerrera i ee kollegi iz Otdela povedencheskogo analiza bystro vyjasnjajut, chto on vyshel na okhotu... 28 let nazad. Ubivaet po vsej strane, i kazhdoe mesto prestuplenija napominaet strashnuju legendu o La Jorone - prizrake plachuschej zhenschiny. Legendu, tak pugavshuju Ninu v detstve, kogda ona byla bezzaschitnym rebenkom. Instsenirovki nastolko khoroshi, chto do sikh por nikto ne dogadalsja svesti eti dela voedino. I samoe strannoe - ubijstva sovershajutsja kazhdyj visokosnyj god, 29 fevralja... Avtor okonchila akademiju FBR i posvjatila 22 goda svoej zhizni poimke prestupnikov, v tom chisle serijnykh ubijts. Ona khorosho znaet to, o chem pishet, poetomu ee roman - fakticheski insajderskaja istorija, stavshaja populjarnoj vo vsem mire. ________________________________________________________________ "Uzhasajuschie prestuplenija, dinamichnoe rassledovanie, jarkie momenty ozarenij, neverojatnoe naprjazhenie". - Kirkus Rivews "Maldonado sozdala nezabyvaemuju geroinju s unikalnoj sposobnostju proniknut v golovu khischnika. Vot kakim dolzhen byt triller". - Khilari Devidson "Velikolepnaja i slozhnaja geroinja, chi kachestva podcherkivaet beskompromissnyj sjuzhet. Zharkaja, umnaja, zakhvatyvajuschaja vesch". - Stiv Berri

Komplekt iz 3-kh knig, predstavljajuschij samye gorjachie romany o protivostojanii psikhologov-profajlerov i serijnykh ubijts.Izabella Maldonado okonchila akademiju FBR i posvjatila 22 goda svoej zhizni poimke prestupnikov, v tom chisle serijnykh ubijts. Ona khorosho znaet to, o chem pishet, poetomu ee romany - fakticheski insajderskie istorii, stavshie populjarnymi vo vsem mire.ShifrOn kodiruet chuzhuju smert.Razgadaete ego poslanie - predotvratite ubijstvo.No vrjad li vy uspeete... Ved on vse rasschital - do detalej, do sekundy. On umnee vsekh. On - Bog.Rano utrom politsija nashla trup 16-letnej devushki. Na spine zhertvy ostalis tri ozhoga ot sigarety, obrazovavshie treugolnik. Vo rtu - zapiska s poslaniem. Rjadom na grjaznom asfalte blestel rombovidnyj kulon Ojo de Dios - "Glaz boga". A esche ubijtsa ostavil neponjatnuju nadpis, sostojaschuju iz tsifr i bukv. Vse eto adresovano odnomu cheloveku - spetsialnomu agentu FBR Nine Gerrere. I kulon etot kogda-to prinadlezhal ej... Nina - edinstvennaja, komu udalos sbezhat ot zagadochnogo serijnogo ubijtsy po prozvischu Shifr. A ved togda - odinnadtsat let nazad - on sobiralsja podarit etoj devchonke roskoshnuju smert. No segodnja nachinaetsja novaja igra... Igra, v kotoroj milliony polzovatelej sotssetej budut nabljudat, kak spetsagent Gerrera pytaetsja pojmat ego, razgadyvaja krovavye golovolomki. Podskazka za podskazkoj, shifr za shifrom, zhertva za zhertvoj...Visokosnyj ubijtsaNina Gerrera - ta, komu udalos sbezhat ot zagadochnogo serijnogo ubijtsy po prozvischu Shifr, a zatem i likvidirovat ego. Teper ona vkhodit v gruppu profajlerov FBR....Mat, otets i novorozhdennaja doch - vse mertvy. Vosmidnevnaja malyshka zadushena, muzhchina ubit vystrelom v serdtse, zhenschina legla v vannu i vystrelila sebe v visok. Vse vygljadit kak dvojnoe ubijstvo i suitsid. No eto ne tak. Eto - pocherk novogo serijnogo ubijtsy. Vprochem, novogo li? Nina Gerrera i ee kollegi iz Otdela povedencheskogo analiza bystro vyjasnjajut, chto on vyshel na okhotu... 28 let nazad. Ubivaet po vsej strane, i kazhdoe mesto prestuplenija napominaet strashnuju legendu o La Jorone - prizrake plachuschej zhenschiny. Legendu, tak pugavshuju Ninu v detstve, kogda ona byla bezzaschitnym rebenkom. Instsenirovki nastolko khoroshi, chto do sikh por nikto ne dogadalsja svesti eti dela voedino. I samoe strannoe - ubijstva sovershajutsja kazhdyj visokosnyj god, 29 fevralja...Poezija zlaV Ostine, shtat Tekhas, dejstvuet serijnyj ubijtsa - edinstvennyj v svoem rode. Vse ego zhertvy - ljudi, tak ili inache oskorbivshie poeziju. On umerschvljaet ikh tsianidom, a v rot vkladyvaet listok so stikhotvornymi strokami. Bolshe - nikakikh sledov. I esche: pokhozhe, Poet projavljaet osobyj interes k odnoj zhenschine. I ona...Samanta Dzhaz - luchshij profajler politsejskogo upravlenija Ostina, prirozhdennyj syschik. Ona chuvstvuet zlo v ljudjakh - i nikogda ne oshibaetsja. Krome odnogo raza - kogda ne pochuvstvovala ego v svoem ottse, i eto chut ne slomalo ej kareru...Eto delo grozit stat ee pervoj neudachej. Ono spleteno iz sravnenij i metafor, ne dajuschikh otvety ni na odin ee vopros; lish, kak dopisannye strofy, mnozhatsja mertvye tela. No Samanta chuvstvuet, chto postepenno priblizhaetsja k Poetu. A esche - chto on tak zhe neumolimo priblizhaetsja k nej...__________________________________________"Maldonado sozdala nezabyvaemuju geroinju s unikalnoj sposobnostju proniknut v golovu khischnika. Vot kakim dolzhen byt triller". - Khilari Devidson "Velikolepnaja i slozhnaja geroinja, chi kachestva podcherkivaet beskompromissnyj sjuzhet. Zharkaja, umnaja, zakhvatyvajuschaja vesch". - Stiv BerriOsobennosti izdanija: Vyrubka na pervoj storonke perepleta, blintovoe tisnenie, lak, tsvetnye forzats i nakhzats, kachestvennaja belaja ofsetnaja bumaga na bloke teksta.CHITAJTE VSE ROMANY MAJKA OMERAVnutri ubijtsyZazhivo v temnoteGlazami zhertvyKak ty umreshSet smertiDom strakhaGibelnoe vlijanieSkrytye namerenijaPlamja oderzhimostiCHITAJTE TAKZHE V SERII "VNUTRI UBIJTSY"Viktor Metos "Zhena ubijtsy"Viktorija Selman "Granitsy bezumija"Meri Bjorton "Poslednij khod"Viktor Metos "Nochnye tvari"Meri Bjorton "Poslednee ispytanie"Viktor Metos "Lzhivaja pravda"Rebekka Dzanetti "Odinnadtsat podsnezhnikov"

PRODOLZHENIE BESTSELLEROV "SHIFR" I "VISOKOSNYJ UBIJTSA". Ee, kak i dikuju ptitsu, mozhno priruchit. No dlja etogo obeikh nuzhno pojmat - i podavit... Nina Gerrera - ta, komu udalos sbezhat ot zagadochnogo serijnogo ubijtsy po prozvischu Shifr, a zatem likvidirovat ego. Teper ona vkhodit v gruppu profajlerov FBR... Finiks, shtat Arizona. V elitnom Tekhnologicheskom institute nachali propadat molodye krasivye studentki. Sledov net, tel tozhe. SMI v azhiotazhe, semi propavshikh v jarosti, politsija v shoke. Teper sjuda edet gruppa ekspertov iz FBR, v chisle kotorykh i Nina Gerrera. Dlja nee eta situatsija osobennaja: nedavno v institut postupila ee vospitannitsa Bjanka - i ej tozhe grozit opasnost... Neozhidanno prikhodit izvestie o tom, chto v odnoj iz pescher rjadom s gorodom najdeny mertvymi pjat propavshikh devushek. Agentov zhdet strashnaja i neponjatnaja kartina. Tela podgotovleny k mumifitsirovaniju po drevneegipetskomu obrjadu, a k noge u kazhdoj devushki privjazan shnurok iz ochen krepkoj kozhi. Takie shnurki nazyvajutsja oputinkami, i imi privjazyvajut okhotnichikh ptits - v chastnosti, sokolov... Avtor okonchila akademiju FBR i posvjatila 22 goda svoej zhizni poimke prestupnikov, v tom chisle serijnykh ubijts. Ona khorosho znaet to, o chem pishet, poetomu kazhdyj ee roman - fakticheski insajderskaja istorija, populjarnaja vo vsem mire. ________________________________________________________________ "Izabella Maldonado sozdaet zakhvatyvajuschuju i slozhnuju istoriju, ispolzuja lakonichnuju i zhestkuju prozu, postepenno nagnetajuschuju naprjazhenie i intrigu, v rezultate chego kniga stanovitsja zakhvatyvajuschej i ot nee nevozmozhno otorvatsja". - Mystery & Suspense Magazine "Uzhasajuschie prestuplenija, dinamichnoe rassledovanie, jarkie momenty ozarenij, neverojatnoe naprjazhenie". - Kirkus Reviews "Maldonado sozdala nezabyvaemuju geroinju s unikalnoj sposobnostju proniknut v golovu khischnika. Vot kakim dolzhen byt triller". - Khilari Devidson "Velikolepnaja i slozhnaja geroinja, chi kachestva podcherkivaet beskompromissnyj sjuzhet". - Stiv Berri

MIROVAJa KINOPREMERA S DZHENNIFER LOPES V GLAVNOJ ROLI. BESTSELLER AMAZON CHARTS. On kodiruet chuzhuju smert. Razgadaete ego poslanie - predotvratite ubijstvo. No vrjad li vy uspeete... Ved on vse rasschital - do detalej, do sekundy. On umnee vsekh. On - Bog. Rano utrom politsija nashla trup 16-letnej devushki. Na spine zhertvy ostalis tri ozhoga ot sigarety, obrazovavshie treugolnik. Vo rtu - zapiska s poslaniem. Rjadom na grjaznom asfalte blestel rombovidnyj kulon Ojo de Dios - "Glaz boga". A esche ubijtsa ostavil neponjatnuju nadpis, sostojaschuju iz tsifr i bukv. Vse eto adresovano odnomu cheloveku - spetsialnomu agentu FBR Nine Gerrere. I kulon etot kogda-to prinadlezhal ej... Nina - edinstvennaja, komu udalos sbezhat ot zagadochnogo serijnogo ubijtsy po prozvischu Shifr. A ved togda - odinnadtsat let nazad - on sobiralsja podarit etoj devchonke roskoshnuju smert. No segodnja nachinaetsja novaja igra... Igra, v kotoroj milliony polzovatelej sotssetej budut nabljudat, kak spetsagent Gerrera pytaetsja pojmat ego, razgadyvaja krovavye golovolomki. Podskazka za podskazkoj, shifr za shifrom, zhertva za zhertvoj... Avtor okonchila akademiju FBR i posvjatila 22 goda svoej zhizni poimke prestupnikov, v tom chisle serijnykh ubijts. Ona khorosho znaet to, o chem pishet, poetomu ee roman - fakticheski insajderskaja istorija, stavshaja populjarnoj vo vsem mire.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Roman, rvuschij serdtse s pervoj zhe stranitsy. V nem est vse, chto dolzhno byt v pervoklassnom trillere: britvenno-ostryj sjuzhet, igra, stavka v kotoroj - zhizn... A personazhi - khoroshie i plokhie - vypisany nastolko zdorovo, chto vy smozhete pokljastsja, chto vstrechali ikh. Ja prochital knigu za odin prisest i garantiruju, chto s vami budet tak zhe. Da, i esche odno obeschanie: vam absoljutno ponravitsja Voitelnitsa!" - Dzheffri Diver "Zhenschina, perezhivshaja zhestokoe napadenie, stalkivaetsja so svoimi strakhami v okhote za serijnym ubijtsej... Kriminalistika, psikhologicheskij analiz, zhestkie dejstvija i nesgibaemaja geroinja, kotoraja protivostoit muzhchine, poslednemu iz vsekh, kogo ona khotela by uvidet snova". - Kirkus Reviews "Etot roman - nastojaschaja gonka so vremenem". - Popsugar "Maldonado masterski izobrazhaet zhenschinu, kotoraja cherpaet silu iz svoikh proshlykh travm, i ubeditelno pokazyvaet, kak monstr mozhet ispolzovat Internet, chtoby okhotitsja na ujazvimykh ljudej". - The Amazon Book Review"Intriguet! V etoj dinamichnoj istorii oschuschaetsja glubokij professionalnyj opyt avtora, elegantno zamaskirovannyj vymyshlennymi obstojatelstvami. Khotja, pozhaluj, i vymyshlennymi-to ikh mozhno nazvat uslovno: ved ochen chasto v zhizni i rabote profajlera gorazdo bolshe prikljuchenij, chem mozhet pokazatsja storonnemu nabljudatelju. Zanimajas "nezhenskoj" rabotoj, geroinja razryvaet shablony i vykhodit za ramki obschestvennogo vosprijatija". - Anna Kulik, profajler, sudebnyj ekspertPervyj roman iz serii knig o Nine Gerrere.Osobennosti izdanija: vyrubka na pervoj storonke perepleta, obemnyj lak, zapechatannye forzats i nakhzats, kachestvennaja belaja ofsetnaja bumaga bloka teksta.

PRODOLZHENIE BESTSELLERA "SHIFR". BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL. On - master sozdanija illjuzij. No smert u nego vsegda nastojaschaja... Nina Gerrera - ta, komu udalos sbezhat ot zagadochnogo serijnogo ubijtsy po prozvischu Shifr, a zatem likvidirovat ego. Teper ona vkhodit v gruppu profajlerov FBR. ...Mat, otets i novorozhdennaja doch - vse mertvy. Vosmidnevnaja malyshka zadushena, muzhchina ubit vystrelom v serdtse, zhenschina legla v vannu i vystrelila sebe v visok. Vse vygljadit kak dvojnoe ubijstvo i suitsid. No eto ne tak. Eto - pocherk novogo serijnogo ubijtsy. Vprochem, novogo li? Nina Gerrera i ee kollegi iz Otdela povedencheskogo analiza bystro vyjasnjajut, chto on vyshel na okhotu... 28 let nazad. Ubivaet po vsej strane, i kazhdoe mesto prestuplenija napominaet strashnuju legendu o La Jorone - prizrake plachuschej zhenschiny. Legendu, tak pugavshuju Ninu v detstve, kogda ona byla bezzaschitnym rebenkom. Instsenirovki nastolko khoroshi, chto do sikh por nikto ne dogadalsja svesti eti dela voedino. I samoe strannoe - ubijstva sovershajutsja kazhdyj visokosnyj god, 29 fevralja... Avtor okonchila akademiju FBR i posvjatila 22 goda svoej zhizni poimke prestupnikov, v tom chisle serijnykh ubijts. Ona khorosho znaet to, o chem pishet, poetomu ee roman - fakticheski insajderskaja istorija, stavshaja populjarnoj vo vsem mire. ________________________________________________________________ "Uzhasajuschie prestuplenija, dinamichnoe rassledovanie, jarkie momenty ozarenij, neverojatnoe naprjazhenie". - Kirkus Rivews "Maldonado sozdala nezabyvaemuju geroinju s unikalnoj sposobnostju proniknut v golovu khischnika. Vot kakim dolzhen byt triller". - Khilari Devidson "Velikolepnaja i slozhnaja geroinja, chi kachestva podcherkivaet beskompromissnyj sjuzhet. Zharkaja, umnaja, zakhvatyvajuschaja vesch". - Stiv Berri

När Nina Guerrera var 16 år kidnappades hon av en ökänd seriemördare som kallas Chiffrören. Nina lyckades fly i sista sekund, och Chiffrören försvann spårlöst. Elva år senare arbetar hon för FBI och är en av landets främsta agenter. Under ett uppdrag blir Nina påhoppad av en grupp män och attacken filmas och blir viral. Chiffrören är en av de tusentals som ser videon. Hennes gamla kidnappare känner igen Nina direkt och är nu fast besluten att avsluta det han påbörjat. Genom att begå ett brutalt mord och lämna mystiska ledtrådar efter sig lockar han Nina till sig, och hans lekar har bara börjat. Tillsammans med FBI:s främsta gärningsmannaprofilerare, Dr. Jeffrey Wade, börjar Nina jakten efter Chiffrören. En jakt där Nina inte bara jagar, utan också jagas ... -