COLORADO GOLD MYSTERY AWARD-WINNING and BESTSELLING Author. Daphne Suspense Finalist.

HIS TEAM THINKS HIM ZEN. SUSPECTS FIND HIM GORGEOUS YET DANGEROUS. THEY'RE BOTH RIGHT.

Chief Inspector Gray James is enjoying his morning cappuccino by the river when a floating dock jostles--and he must plunge into the icy water to save a woman tied beneath the dock: her mouth duct-taped, her eyes wide, her hair pulsating like a living thing.

Montreal’s cafés and cobblestone streets harbor secrets. One by one, someone is attacking the residents of a riverfront mansion by using the "DEADLY 3's" (three minutes without air; three days without water; three weeks without food).

But can Gray save the quaint waterfront community from a relentless killer? Can he win his concurrent murder trial in Vancouver for allegedly being the "Stitcher"-- a killer who once sutured together the lips of his victims with medical nylon? Can he survive the storms all around him and break free from what grips him the most...and holds his hand in the flame?

From the prize-winning author comes a psychological, page-turning mystery with all the elements one needs on a rainy night: a brilliant detective, a complex murder, and the evocative settings of chic Montreal and Vancouver's crashing Pacific Coast.

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