{"product_id":"dead-connection-9781250038708","title":"Dead Connection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Alafair Burke's electrifying thriller, \u003ci\u003e Dead Connection\u003c\/i\u003e, a rookie detective goes undercover on the Internet dating scene to draw out a serial killer targeting single women in Manhattan.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When two young women are murdered on the streets of New York, exactly one year apart, Detective Ellie Hatcher is called up for a special assignment on the homicide task force. The killer has left behind a clue connecting the two cases to First Date, a popular online dating service, and Flann McIlroy, an eccentric, publicity-seeking homicide detective, is convinced that only Ellie can help him pursue his terrifying theory: someone is using the lure of the Internet and the promise of love to launch a killing spree against the women of New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To catch the killer, Ellie must enter a high-tech world of stolen identities where no one is who they appear to be. And for her, the investigation quickly becomes personal: she fits the profile of the victims, and she knows firsthand what pursuing a sociopath can do to a cop--back home in Wichita, Kansas, her father lost his life trying to catch a notorious serial murderer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the First Date killer begins to mimic the monster who destroyed her father, Ellie knows the game has become personal for him, too. Both hunter and prey, she must find the killer before he claims his next victim--who could very well be her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Expertly plotted and perfectly paced, \u003ci\u003eDead Connection\u003c\/i\u003e advances Alafair Burke to the front ranks of American thriller writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA former deputy district attorney in Portland, Oregon, \u003cb\u003eAlafair Burke\u003c\/b\u003e now teaches criminal law at Hofstra Law School and lives in New York City. Her three novels in the Samantha Kincaid series, \u003ci\u003eJudgment Calls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMissing Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClose Case\u003c\/i\u003e, are available in paperback from St. Martin's Press. Her novel, Angel's Tip, features NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556687286546,"sku":"9781250038708","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f1a52e27-1461-405c-ab7f-5ce562216461.jpg?v=1731760105","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dead-connection-9781250038708","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}