Tomahawked Melody

Book 2 of The Citadel Trilogy picks up on the night Celia and Alice are abducted.When Celia realizes her date with Omar Salem was a setup, she reacts violently, causing him to lose control of the speeding car, sending them tumbling down an embankment.After a handyman tricks Alice into letting him inside the flat, he drugs her and binds her wrists and ankles. Denny inadvertently stumbles into the scene and is shot as he attempts to rescue Alice.Melody-Adele seethes when she learns her father has been released from prison, until startling information about her mother is revealed. Will it be enough to put him away for good? The courtesan has a lot on her mind, including a new man who has her second-guessing her future.Weeks of diligent surveillance result in Agent Eli Tacedaro zeroing in on one suspect, someone with connections to all of the murder victims. Is he finally onto something? Skilled profiler Assistant Prosecutor Catherine Diele doesn't think so. She refutes his allegations and insists he is on the wrong track - until an arrest is made.Tacedaro's celebratory spirit is short-lived when he witnesses an interaction that proves he arrested the wrong person and must confront the real killer face-to-face.A shocking twist at the end is a reminder that nothing is ever as it seems.