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'Kensei Tucker is a survivor. Ten years ago, she and four other college students were abducted and totured by a serial killer who went by the name 'Nightmare'. Kensei was the only survivor of this terrifying ordeal - saved by a grizzled homicide detective named Henry Sloane. Fast forward and Kensei has moved on with her life. She's made a home in the sleepy seaside town of Hawkins Landing, where she works as a private investigator at Henry's agency, and life is good ... until her phone rings. It seems that Nightmare is back and has abducted five new girls..' (Synopsis)

'The killer looked down at Caleb Everett lying unconscious on the floor. He’d seen him that way on another occasion, although this time circumstances were very, very different. He picked up the can of gasoline and carefully doused the unconscious man – beginning with his head and hair and working his way down Caleb’s body until it was soaked in fuel. He toyed with the box of matches in his pocket … Caleb Everett knows murder. He’s seen inside the minds of psychopaths, sociopaths and the deranged, and witnessed crimes of passion, hate, opportunity and revenge. But Caleb Everett isn’t a profiler or a cop … he’s a psychic. Teaming up with Homicide Detective Jack Rafferty, he uses his ability to catch murderers before they kill again, and potential murderers before they kill at all. This time around Caleb has two cases demanding his attention; one perpetrator out for revenge and a serial killer sending sinners to Hell at the flick of a match. And if that isn’t enough to deal with, Caleb also has a target on his back. Someone wants his world to unravel and is plucking at the threads. If Caleb succeeds in solving these cases will he be damning himself by saving the innocent?' (publication blurb).

'Caleb Everett is an artist, a psychic, a police consultant … a fugitive. For as long as he can remember Caleb has been able to see into the minds of murderers – he knows what makes them tick, and he knows what they’re planning … until now.

This time around, Caleb doesn’t know who to trust – everyone has an agenda, and his father, Raymond Everett, is the spider at the center of a vast web of corruption and murder. With the help of a beautiful, but ruthless assassin, Raymond plans to send his son to Hell once and for all.

Who can Caleb protect when no-one is safe?'

Source : Publisher's Blurb

Caleb Everett, sees into the minds of killers and works alongside homicide detective Jack Rafferty to solve horrific crimes. The series is set in the USA.

'A woman – so young and ripe – lies amid a detritus of pine needles and dirt. Her hair is matted to her face with a mixture of blood and tears and she screams again before subsiding into body wrenching sobs. Her voice is slightly slurred as she begs, “Please, stop. Please, I want to go home. Please don’t do it again.” A pair of black gloved hands comes into view. They hold pliers. The girl screams again. Lovely.

'Successful artist Caleb Everett lives each day with a real-time film inside his head, playing … murder. Since he was a child, Caleb has been able to see into the minds of killers. Working alongside veteran Homicide Detective Jack Rafferty, Caleb now uses his unique ability to balance the scales of justice.

'With a new case afoot, Caleb is himself being targeted by a killer, and with attractive journalist Makayla Dawson on the scene, it becomes a race against time to save them all. With the odds savagely stacked against them, will this case take apart everything Caleb holds dear?' (Publication summary)