CUTLINE
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Publisher Description
Where is the line between love and obsession?
The body of a San Francisco priest is discovered in Golden Gate Park, and the killer remains at large.
Leta Blackburn, award-winning journalist for the San Francisco Times, would be covering the sensational story – and investigating the forensics report that showed the priest was engaged in sexual activities at the time of his murder – but she is missing. The police suspect the two events -- her disappearance and the priest’s murder -- are related.
Enter 28-year-old, hearing-impaired reporter Geri LaRue, who was to be Leta’s roommate and coworker. When a ruthless colleague suggests Geri knows more than she’ll admit, Geri turns to prominent psychiatrist Malcolm Piercy for help. All of Leta’s notes point to the rarest and most deadly of serial killers: a woman.
Malcolm Piercy is the only one who understands what goes on inside the twisted mind of a predator like the one the papers are calling The Razor Killer, an erotomaniac who believes her victims are in love with her. Malc has reasons of his own for keeping his theory a secret, but he agrees to help Geri. Neither of them knows that the killer is watching, writing one more caption in her head – one more cutline – where the photograph is gruesome, and the bottom line is death.
Despite their mutual attraction and her own insecurities, Geri teams up with Malc and dives headlong into the world of big city journalism, psychotic murder, and public scandal.
About the author:
Bonnie Hearn Hill is the author of LAST WORDS, KILLER BODY, OFF THE RECORD, IF IT BLEEDS, INTERN, MISTRESS, and the brand new novel of historical fiction, TIL MORNING.
With Christopher Allan Poe, she wrote the practical non-fiction book, DIGITAL INK: Writing Killer Fiction in the E-book Age.
She speaks at conferences across the country, leads a successful writing workshop in Fresno, California, and mentors numerous writers. Follow her on twitter @bonniehearnhill and visit her on Facebook, at www.bonniehhill.com or http://www.digitalinkbooks.com
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Hill's latest thriller, the follow-up to If It Bleeds, hearing-impaired 28-year-old reporter Geri LaRue has no sooner arrived in town, anxious to begin her new job at the San Francisco Times, when she's blindsided by news that her roommate-to-be Leta Blackburn, also a reporter at the Times, has gone missing. Leta had been doing research on a murdered priest, found the week before in Golden Gate Park with his throat slashed, and the police suspect the two events are related. What's more, at least one co-worker at the Times thinks Geri knows more than she's letting on. Soon, Geri learns that the priest's death is just one part of a serial killer's frightening personal agenda. Picking up where Leta's research left off, Geri teams up with Malcolm Piercy, an erotomania expert and therapist, and dives headlong into the world of big city journalism, psychotic murder and public scandal. Though this whodunit suffers from too many cardboard supporting characters, Geri's voice propels the narrative ably, and occasional glimpses into the killer's mind provide some tricky hints that will keep readers guessing.
