A forensic linguist and psychologist investigate a serial killer's final coded claims about an unsolved murder amid trauma and deception.
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A forensic linguist and psychologist investigate a serial killer's final coded claims about an unsolved murder amid trauma and deception.
A serial killer on death row challenges a forensic linguist to solve his final puzzle in a novel of breathtaking mind games by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Lies You Wrote . Forensic psychologist Callum Kilkenny lost his wife, Shay, to the very serial killer he'd hunted for five years. When Nathaniel Conrad--known as the Alphabet Man, for his love of tattooing codes onto his victims' bodies--was condemned to death row, Callum thought the game of cat and mouse was over. But ju...
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Serial killer murders with coded tattoos on victims; investigation into multiple killings
No profanity depicted
No substance use depicted
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes depicted
No religious themes present
No magic or witchcraft elements
No occult or demonology content
No political or ideological messaging
Mentions of suicide tied to trauma themes
Child abuse, lasting trauma, and serial killer violence central to plot
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