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When CSI Darby McCormick discovers a severely emaciated woman at a crime scene in Boston, she quickly runs a DNA search that confirms the victim was abducted five years earlier. The woman, a Jane Doe, reveals she has escaped a hidden dungeon where she was held captive. With a teenage couple also missing and the former victim gravely ill, Darby’s investigation races to find the dungeon before more lives are lost. As the FBI steps in, they uncover a serial killer who has haunted the city for decades. Darby must confront this sadistic murderer—whose history is tied to horrors she has tried to forget—and protect the people at risk of becoming the next victims.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Chris Mooney
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