They each loved a killer. Now they hunt them.
Kate Overcast has spent three years running from her daughter’s act of violence. Once a celebrated chef, she’s now best known as the mother of a convicted killer.
Haunted by guilt, Kate arrives in Darwin just as another mother’s nightmare begins. An eighteen-year-old boy has vanished - and he’s not the first teenager to disappear.
In the steamy tropical city, Kate finds two unlikely allies: Gloria, the widow of a notorious serial killer, and Harry, whose fiancée is imprisoned for murdering seven patients.
If anyone can recognise a monster, it’s the people who loved one.
Now Kate, Gloria and Harry can finally put their terrible knowledge to use. This time to catch a killer, redeem themselves, and save another mother’s child…
'Candice Fox is one of Australia's finest crime writers.' CHRIS HAMMER
'Candice Fox is way up my list of must-read authors.' IAN RANKIN
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