UNSUB - Meg Gardiner

UNSUB

By Meg Gardiner

  • Release Date: 2017-06-27
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 278 Ratings

Description

From award-winning author Meg Gardiner, co-author of Michael Mann’s Heat 2--A riveting psychological thriller inspired by the never-caught Zodiac Killer, about a young detective determined to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city twenty years earlier.

Caitlin Hendrix has been a Narcotics detective for six months when the killer at the heart of all her childhood nightmares reemerges: the Prophet. An UNSUB—what the FBI calls an unknown subject—the Prophet terrorized the Bay Area in the 1990s and nearly destroyed her father, the lead investigator on the case.

The Prophet’s cryptic messages and mind games drove Detective Mack Hendrix to the brink of madness, and Mack’s failure to solve the series of ritualized murders—eleven seemingly unconnected victims left with the ancient sign for Mercury etched into their flesh—was the final nail in the coffin for a once promising career.

Twenty years later, two bodies are found bearing the haunting signature of the Prophet. Caitlin Hendrix has never escaped the shadow of her father’s failure to protect their city. But now the ruthless madman is killing again and has set his sights on her, threatening to undermine the fragile barrier she rigidly maintains for her own protection, between relentless pursuit and dangerous obsession.

Determined to decipher his twisted messages and stop the carnage, Caitlin ignores her father’s warnings as she draws closer to the killer with each new gruesome murder. Is it a copycat, or can this really be the same Prophet who haunted her childhood? Will Caitlin avoid repeating her father’s mistakes and redeem her family name, or will chasing the Prophet drag her and everyone she loves into the depths of the abyss?

Reviews

  • The book that got me back into reading

    5
    By trevor9917
    I’m so thankful I came across this book. It’s tough for me to stay engaged, but this one took “page turner” to the next level. It’s been a LONG time since I’ve stayed up until 3am being unable to put a book down… this one resulted in me being late for work because I stayed up reading it!
  • Great book

    4
    By this ride
    The style of the author is thoughtful and intelligent. Good read from start to finish.
  • Riveting

    2
    By JC&AAMC
    UnSub is heart pounding from the first pages. The twists and turns throughout are a fun read with an ending you don’t see coming.
  • Loved it!

    5
    By TexasGB16
    Great suspenseful read!!
  • UNSUB

    5
    By Loves Live Soul Music
    Awesome. Could not put it down!
  • UnSub

    5
    By mama Woody
    This book was so very good !!! I enjoyed it so very much !!! Can't wait for the next book !!!!!

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