The Face of Death - Cody McFadyen

In Shadow Man, Cody McFadyen took the suspense thriller where other writers have
feared to tread. He introduced readers to a heroine every bit as dark and edgy as
the serial killers she hunts: Special Agent Smoky Barrett. Now, in his latest novel,
McFadyen brings Agent Barrett back to track down a killer who breaks all the rules.

"I
want to talk to Smoky Barrett or I'll kill myself."

The girl is sixteen, at the
scene of a grisly triple homicide, and has a gun to her head. She claims "The Stranger"
killed her adoptive family, that he's been following her all her life, killing everyone
she ever loved, and that no one believes her.

No one has. Until now.

Special Agent
Smoky Barrett is head of the violent crimes unit in Los Angeles, the part of the
FBI reserved for tracking down the worst of the worst. Her team has been handpicked
from among the nation's elite law enforcement specialists and they are as obsessed
and relentless as the psychos they hunt; they'll have to be to deal with this case.

For another vicious double homicide reveals a killer embarked on a dark crusade
of trauma and death: an "artist" who's molding sixteen-year-old Sarah into the perfect
victim-and the ultimate weapon. But Smoky Barrett has another, more personal reason
for catching The Stranger-an adopted daughter and a new life that are worth protecting
at any cost.

This time Smoky is going to have to put it all on the line. Because
The Stranger is all too real, all too close, and all too relentless. And when he
finally shows his face, if she's not ready to confront her worst fear, Smoky won' t have time to do anything but die.