The second novel based on the hit CBS series. The BAU is called to help Chicago detectives investigate a series of bizarre murders. The killings seem unrelated, until profiler David Rossi makes the connection: the scenes are modeled after three notorious serial killers. Original.

From Edgar® Award-winning, “New York Times” bestselling author Max Allan Collins
BASED ON THE CBS TELEVISION SHOW HAILED AS "The network's best new offering." (“Wall Street Journal”)
Watched by nearly 18 million fans weekly
The bodies of three young girls are discovered in the woods of Bemidji, Minnesota, the result of barbiturate poisoning. Unable to identify the victims, the local police turn to the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Profiler David Rossi learns that the girls disappeared more than ten years ago from Georgia. Further investigation reveals that the perpetrators have been involved in a cycle of kidnapping and murder for close to twenty years—and are about to start again...

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Max Allan Collins is the author of the Shamus Award-winning Nathan Heller historical thrillers. His other books include the “New York Times” bestseller “Saving Private Ryan” and the “USA Today” bestselling “CSI” series. His comics writing ranges from the graphic novel “Road to Perdition”, source of the Tom Hanks film, to long runs as scripter of the “Dick Tracy” comic strip and his own innovative “Ms. Tree”. Collins is also a screenwriter and a leading indie filmmaker in his native Iowa, where he lives with his wife, writer Barbara Collins, and their son, Nathan.