Killing Season

The first thing youshould know about me is that my name is not Carter Blake. That name no more belongs to me than the hotel room I was occupying when thecall came in.When Caleb Wardell, the infamous 'Chicago Sniper,' escapesfrom death row two weeks before his execution, the FBI calls on the services ofCarter Blake, a man with certain specialized talents whose skills lie infinding those who don't want to be found-a man to whom Wardell is no stranger.Along with Elaine Banner, an ambitious special agentjuggling life as a single mother with her increasingly high-flying career,Blake must track Wardell down as he cuts a swathe across America, apparentlykilling at random.But Blake and Banner soon find themselves sidelined from thecase. And as they try desperately to second-guess a man who kills purely forthe thrill of it, they uncover a hornet's nest of lies and corruption. NowBlake must break the rules and go head-to-head with the FBI if he is to stopWardell and expose a deadly conspiracy that will rock the country.Slick, fast-paced, and assured, The Killing Season is the first novel in the gripping new CarterBlake series.