Act of Murder: A Detective Al Warner Novel

A knife in her heart. A killer with a schedule. And a trail of bodies no one knew existed. When Detective Al Warner investigates the brutal murder of a woman strangled after sex, then stabbed through the heart, he fears another serial killer is stalking Miami. >Two years later, it happens again. Same type of woman. Same horrifying signature. Two more years pass, and a third victim dies the same way. Warner sees what others don't. The killer isn't dormant between murders-he's traveling. The FBI joins the hunt, and a search across the South and Southeast uncovers a chilling pattern: eighteen previously unconnected murders spanning ten years. And the knife through the heart? A disturbing new escalation. Then Warner discovers a hidden link among the victims, narrowing the hunt to several suspects. And some of them are in Miami. Now Warner must unravel a web of false leads and carefully constructed lies to expose a psychopath who has escaped detection for a decade. The killer has a schedule. And Warner has one chance to set the trap before another woman dies