Last words - Mariah Stewart

From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a novel of sexy romantic suspense for fans of Nora Roberts, Catherine Coulter, and Karen Robards.

THIS KILLER TAKES THEIR BREATH AWAY.

A nine-year veteran of the FBI, special agent
Mia Shields thinks she's seen it all. But nothing prepares her for the terror that
descends upon the idyllic bayside community of St. Dennis, on Maryland's Eastern
Shore, where a depraved killer has left a grisly surprise for Chief of Police Gabriel
Beck: the body of an unidentified woman, naked and completely encased in plastic
wrap, stretched across the back-seat of Beck's car. Hidden in the wrapping is a tape
recording of the victim's last, gasping words, terrifying evidence of the horror
endured at the hands of a madman. Soon the body count begins to rise as more victims
are found, all gruesomely cocooned, their final pleas also captured on tape.
Determined
to catch the sadistic killer, Beck and Mia team up and set a trap-with Mia as bait.
But their prey is closer than they ever could have imagined. Now Beck must race against
time to save Mia from becoming the next victim of a serial killer as elusive as he
is evil.