UNSUB by Meg Gardiner
(on sale 6/27, Dutton)
Meg Gardiner is an Edgar
award winning author known for her kickass but relatable female protagonists, suspenseful plotting, and shocking twists.
UNSUB, the first in a new series,
follows newly minted detective Caitlin Hendrix as she hunts down a
ruthless, cunning serial killer known as "The Prophet." The TV rights to
this chilling series have already been swooped
up by CBS TV, the network behind Criminals Minds.
UNSUB by Meg Gardiner:
Caitlin Hendrix has been a Narcotics
detective for six months when the killer at the heart of all her
childhood nightmares reemerges: the Prophet. An UNSUB—what the FBI calls
an unknown subject—the Prophet terrorized the Bay
Area in the 1990s and nearly destroyed her father, the lead
investigator on the case.
The Prophet’s cryptic messages and
mind games drove Detective Mack Hendrix to the brink of madness, and
Mack’s failure to solve the series of ritualized murders—eleven
seemingly unconnected victims left with the ancient sign
for Mercury etched into their flesh—was the final nail in the coffin
for a once promising career.