About Angel Fire

The bloody murder of her mother when she was a teenager made Lydia Strong into a woman obsessed with bringing brutal killers to justice. Now thirty years old, she is a reclusive bestselling true crime writer and investigative consultant whose intuitions never lie. The latest case to capture her attention is the disappearance of three adults, each the kind of loner whose sudden absence isn't missed-they have no family, few friends. The Santa Fe Police don't see a pattern, just three people who left their empty lives behind. But when another woman turns up missing, her apartment streaked with blood, even the police have to admit that something is wrong in their usually quiet town. Lydia and P.I. Jeffrey Mark, the ex-FBI agent who solved her mother's murder, begin a relentless investigation. But it is only when the killer ups the ante and goes after Lydia herself that, just like fifteen years ago when she put the FBI on the trail of her mother's killer, the real hunt begins...

About Lisa Miscione

Lisa Miscione worked in book publishing for several years in New York City before moving to Clearwater, Florida, to be a full-time writer. She's currently at work on the next Lydia Strong novel. more

Praise

'...a surreal and nightmarish quality...it remains gripping and terrifying right through the carnage of its final scene.' Publishers Weekly

'Award-winning true crime writer and intuitive investigative consultant Lydia Strong discovered her mother dead, the gory victim of a serial rapist/murderer. Still haunted by the memory but looking for new subject matter 15 years later, she finds clues to what she believes is another serial murderer in Santa Fe. It soon transpires that Lydia is on the short list of a warped, scary perpetrator with a penchant for scalpels, blood, and dissection. Taut prose, insidious suspense, psychological motivation, police procedural sidebars, and a would-be lover make this debut from a former member of the publishing world a real winner. Don't miss it.' Library Journal