Hunted (The Profiler, 1)

Author: Heiter, Elizabeth

Edition: Original

Number Of Pages: 368

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Terror stalks a small Virginia town FBI rising star and criminal profiler Evelyn Baine knows how to think like a serial killer. But she's never chased anyone like the Bakersville Burier, who hunts young women and displays them, half-buried, deep in the woods. As the body count climbs, Evelyn's relentless pursuit of the killer puts her career—and her life—at risk. And the evil lurking in the Burier's mind may be more than even she can unravel. Terror is closer than she thinks… The Bakersville Burier knows he's got an FBI profiler on his trail. He knows who she is and where to find her. And he's biding his time, because he's planned a special punishment for Evelyn. She may have tracked other killers, but he vows to make this her last chase. This time it's her turn to be hunted! From Booklist Rookie FBI profiler Evelyn Baine is called in to investigate a crime scene involving the Bakersville Burier, a serial killer whose calling card is leaving dead women half buried in the forests of Virginia. Although she is young and relatively inexperienced, her bosses think Evelyn has a knack for getting into the heads of the killers she is tracking—but this one eludes her, just as he eluded two previous FBI agents, who ended up dead. Is Evelyn next? When she is abducted (and released) early on, she initially doesn’t connect it to her new case, a plot element that seems a little hard to swallow. Then pieces from Evelyn’s past start coming back to her—like the time when her best friend was abducted when she was a preteen, and Evelyn should have been a victim as well. Right. There’s an awful lot of predictable twists and coincidences here, but Heiter’s characters are interesting, and the dialogue is realistic. Libraries where serial killer novels are popular might consider adding this debut novel, which is set to have a sequel. --Rebecca Vnuk

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About the Author:

Publishers Weekly bestselling and award-winning author ELIZABETH HEITER likes her suspense to feature strong heroines, chilling villains, psychological twists and a little romance. Her research has taken her into the minds of serial killers, through murder investigations, and onto the FBI Academy’s shooting range. Her novels have been published in more than a dozen countries and translated into eight languages. Visit her at www.elizabethheiter.com. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. "BAINE. MY OFFICE. NOW!" FBI Special Agent Evelyn Baine spun the chair in her tiny cubicle, but her boss was already slamming the door to his office. She shrugged back into her suit jacket, buttoned it to cover the weapon at her hip and straightened her spine. Dan Moore's tone didn't bother her; the ASAC—Special Agent in Charge—was always curt with her. In fact, getting called into his office this early was a good thing. It meant she was getting a new case to profile. Her anticipation grew as she wove around cubicles in the unmarked office building in Aquia, Virginia, where the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) was housed. This was her favorite time, early in the morning before most agents arrived, before the smell of burned coffee and stale air-conditioning permeated everything, when it was just her and her cases. She entered Dan's office and found him settled at his oversize desk. The head of BAU was, as usual, surrounded by an aura of stress that gave his skin a grayish hue and constantly slanted his eyebrows toward his nose. Today, he also looked frazzled. "Take a seat." Dan popped three antacids into his mouth and took a swig of coffee. "Ever been to Bakersville?" "No, but it's north of here, right? Small and rural?" She leaned forward, ready for another chance to take on one of society's worst predators. Ready for another chance to give someone else the closure she'd never had. "What happened there?" Dan frowned, maybe because he hadn't warmed to her in the past year despite her high success rate. Then again, maybe the an...

EAN: 9780778315841

Release Date: 31-12-2013

Languages: English

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