To catch a killer, you need to see through the killer's eyes.

A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST AND AMAZON CHARTS BESTSELLER.

A profiler… A criminal psychologist able to reconstruct the appearance and modus operandi of the most cunning criminal from just a couple of insignificant details. From the outside these people look like magicians, like superheroes. Especially when the profiler is a woman…

The killer's mind is her territory.

She tracks serial killers.

He tracks victims.

Sooner or later, they will meet…

On a bridge in Chicago, a young beautiful woman stands leaning on the railing. Very pale and very sad. She stares motionlessly at the dark water, covering her weeping eyes with her palm. And it occurs to no one that…

SHE IS DEAD.

On the bridge stands the body of a strangled woman, embalmed with a special compound that allows the corpse to be posed in any position. A truly devilish fantasy. But even worse is that three such bodies, grieving over their own deaths, have already been found. A SERIAL KILLER has appeared in the city.

The Chicago police are leading the investigation, but the FBI doesn't trust the local profiler, considering him incompetent. For such a complex case, the Bureau has its own specialist — Zoe Bentley. She is the best of the best. Largely because once, many years ago, she personally encountered a serial killer — AND SURVIVED…