BraceyourselfforascorchingnewseriesfromNewYorkTimesandUSATodaybestsellingauthorKarenRose,whereSanDiegomeanssun,surf,sand...andserialkillers.SamReevesisakindheartedpsychologistwhotreatscourt-orderedclients.Afteroneofhispatients--apathologicalliar--startsrevealingplausiblenewdetailsfromalong-unsolvedserialmurdercase,he’scompelledtoreportanonymouslytotheSDPDtipline,thoughhisattemptstorespectpatientconfidentialitylandhimfacedownandcuffedbytheaggressive(andcute)DetectiveMcKittrick.SanDiegohomicidedetectiveKitMcKittricklovesthewater.Shelivesonaboat,andwhenshe’snotsolvingcrimeswiththeSDPD,she’sassistingherfostersisterwithhercharterfishingbusinessorplayingwithherpoodle.Butthere’snothingthatintriguesKitmorethanacoldcase,sowhenananonymouscallerleadsheronthepathofawantedkiller,she’sdeterminedtoendthedecade-longmanhunt.SamissoonreleasedbutgoeshomewithbothanewfounddistastefortheSDPDandaresolve--notunlikeKit’s--touncoverthetruth.KitandSamrepeatedlybuttheadsintheirseparateinvestigationsbutareforcedtoworktogethertofindoneofthedeadliestserialkillersthecityhasfacedinyears.