Helen Ivers is running from a horrific past to what she hopes will be the safety of a small New England town. As the president of Pittock College, another tragedy explodes into her life soon after her arrival. Besieged by memories of her mentally ill sister, which refuse to let her rest, she must face an abomination even as her mind begins to unravel. A young woman died on the train tracks in a shockingly brutal manner.
Reeling from the murder and the threat to her students, Helen is approached by professor Adair Wilson, who draws her into her life and her confidence amid a web of swirling deception.
Ivers and Wilson are as desperate to know the identities of the victim and killer as the killer and the police are to hide them. Whether Adair is Helen’s savior and can be trusted as a lover becomes increasingly unclear as Helen becomes a target.
In a crisis with no clear allies, Helen must not only learn the truth but fight to stay alive. The killer is watching and she has been chosen. Every hour of doubt, fear, and hopeless investigation brings the bone saw closer.
Editorial Review
Helen Ivers, the president of Pittock College, has seen what no one should ever suffer, a suicide so grotesque that its scents, images, and associated memories threaten her sanity and career. Pitted against a killer who’s obsessed with mutilation, she cannot begin to know the madness and twisted fantasies that mark her as another victim. Frightened out of her wits, Helen knows she can trust no one. Not even her gorgeous, lesbian lover, who becomes privy to hurtful secrets that are soon turned against Helen. As Helen’s terror escalates and one murder follows another, she can run from the bone saw, but she can’t outthink the killer.