New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns with another action-packed thriller featuring special agent Maggie O'Dell, who is on the hunt for a "truck stop" serial killer.
Tired travelers and weary truckers have stopped at rest areas on the nation's highways for decades to refuel, grab a bite, and maybe get some shut-eye, but one man's rest stop is another's hunting ground. For decades the defenseless, the weary, and the stranded have disappeared along the highways and byways, vanishing without a trace, but these seemingly unconnected incidents are no coincidence, and a madman stalks the freeways.
When FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell and her partner, Tully, discover the remains of a young woman in a highway ditch, the one clue left behind is a map that will send Maggie and Tully on a frantic hunt crisscrossing the country to stop a madman before he kills again.
As the body count rises and Maggie races against the clock to unmask the monster who's terrorizing the nation's highways, she turns to a former foe for help since he seems to know just what the killer's next move will be. As she gets closer to finding the killer, it becomes eerily clear that Maggie is the ultimate target.
Settings Sioux City, Iowa Manhattan, Kansas Florida Panhandle Milton, Florida Quantico, Virginia
75 Chapters
Character List (view spoiler)[ Maggie O'Dell: FBI special agent and profiler. R.J.Tully: Maggie's partner and friend. He's Emma's father and is seeing Gwen. Ben Platt: USAMRIID (U. S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) colonel and doctor at Ft. Detrick, Maryland. Maggie's "friend." Gwen Patterson: Maggie's friend, a physcologist that often advises the police. She's seeing Tully. Emma Tully: Tully's 17-year old daughter, now in college. Julia Racine: Washington DC homicide detective who is assigned to the Highway Serial Killer Task Force with Gwen Patterson. Keith Ganza: Head of the FBI crime lab. Ryder Creed: Cadaver dog trainer. Sheriff Uniss: Sioux City, Iowa sheriff. Detective Lopez: Lieutenant and detective with the Riley County, Kansas police. Gloria Dobson: Wife, mother of three, breast cancer survivor, killed on the way to a conference in Maryland. Zach Lester: Co-worker of Gloria Dobson who was traveling with her to a conference. He was killed and left under a tree. Raymond Kunze: FBI Assistant Director of the BAU and Maggie & Tully's boss. Patrick Murphy: Maggie's half brother. Antonia Alonzo: FBI agent and data genius in their crime lab. Harvey: Maggie's white lab. Jake: Maggie's black German shepherd, rescued in Nebraska. Noah Waters: Teenager who survived the latest Truck Stop Killer. Ethan Ames: Friend of Noah's. Hannah: Ryder Creed's business partner. Brodie Creed: Ryder's sister who disappeared from a rest area 15 years ago when she was 11-years old. John Howard Elliott: Property executor for the farm where several bodies have been found. Lily: Young prostitute and drug user. Matt: CSU tech. Ryan: CSU tech. Janet:: CSU tech. Grace: Jack Russell Terrier, one of Ryder Creed's cadaver dogs. Wendi Conroy: Disappeared last month from a rest stop in Virginia. Otis P. Dodd: In prison for arson, may have known the killer. Dr. Towle: Vet surgeon. Stanley (Buzz) Johnson: Construction site foreman. Bolo: One of Ryder Creeds dogs, part lab and part Rhodesian ridgeback. Helen Paxton: Former owner of the homestead where some of the bodies were found. Married to William. William Paxton: Former owner of the homestead where some of the bodies were found. Married to Helen. Eleanor: Demarcus: Prison warden. Dr. Halston: Gwen's doctor. Jack: Name Otis uses when referring to the serial killer. Campos: Florida State Trooper. Wiley: Florida State Trooper.
Tired travelers and weary truckers have stopped at rest areas on the nation's highways for decades to refuel, grab a bite, and maybe get some shut-eye, but one man's rest stop is another's hunting ground. For decades the defenseless, the weary, and the stranded have disappeared along the highways and byways, vanishing without a trace, but these seemingly unconnected incidents are no coincidence, and a madman stalks the freeways.
When FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell and her partner, Tully, discover the remains of a young woman in a highway ditch, the one clue left behind is a map that will send Maggie and Tully on a frantic hunt crisscrossing the country to stop a madman before he kills again.
As the body count rises and Maggie races against the clock to unmask the monster who's terrorizing the nation's highways, she turns to a former foe for help since he seems to know just what the killer's next move will be. As she gets closer to finding the killer, it becomes eerily clear that Maggie is the ultimate target.
Settings
Sioux City, Iowa
Manhattan, Kansas
Florida Panhandle
Milton, Florida
Quantico, Virginia
75 Chapters
Character List
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Maggie O'Dell: FBI special agent and profiler.
R.J.Tully: Maggie's partner and friend. He's Emma's father and is seeing Gwen.
Ben Platt: USAMRIID (U. S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) colonel and doctor at Ft. Detrick, Maryland. Maggie's "friend."
Gwen Patterson: Maggie's friend, a physcologist that often advises the police. She's seeing Tully.
Emma Tully: Tully's 17-year old daughter, now in college.
Julia Racine: Washington DC homicide detective who is assigned to the Highway Serial Killer Task Force with Gwen Patterson.
Keith Ganza: Head of the FBI crime lab.
Ryder Creed: Cadaver dog trainer.
Sheriff Uniss: Sioux City, Iowa sheriff.
Detective Lopez: Lieutenant and detective with the Riley County, Kansas police.
Gloria Dobson: Wife, mother of three, breast cancer survivor, killed on the way to a conference in Maryland.
Zach Lester: Co-worker of Gloria Dobson who was traveling with her to a conference. He was killed and left under a tree.
Raymond Kunze: FBI Assistant Director of the BAU and Maggie & Tully's boss.
Patrick Murphy: Maggie's half brother.
Antonia Alonzo: FBI agent and data genius in their crime lab.
Harvey: Maggie's white lab.
Jake: Maggie's black German shepherd, rescued in Nebraska.
Noah Waters: Teenager who survived the latest Truck Stop Killer.
Ethan Ames: Friend of Noah's.
Hannah: Ryder Creed's business partner.
Brodie Creed: Ryder's sister who disappeared from a rest area 15 years ago when she was 11-years old.
John Howard Elliott: Property executor for the farm where several bodies have been found.
Lily: Young prostitute and drug user.
Matt: CSU tech.
Ryan: CSU tech.
Janet:: CSU tech.
Grace: Jack Russell Terrier, one of Ryder Creed's cadaver dogs.
Wendi Conroy: Disappeared last month from a rest stop in Virginia.
Otis P. Dodd: In prison for arson, may have known the killer.
Dr. Towle: Vet surgeon.
Stanley (Buzz) Johnson: Construction site foreman.
Bolo: One of Ryder Creeds dogs, part lab and part Rhodesian ridgeback.
Helen Paxton: Former owner of the homestead where some of the bodies were found. Married to William.
William Paxton: Former owner of the homestead where some of the bodies were found. Married to Helen.
Eleanor:
Demarcus: Prison warden.
Dr. Halston: Gwen's doctor.
Jack: Name Otis uses when referring to the serial killer.
Campos: Florida State Trooper.
Wiley: Florida State Trooper.
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