Death Comes to a Small Town
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Someone was targeting small towns by bringing murder home next door. Anna once again delved into the mind of a killer, but was she too close? Had she lost her perspective? On the road to burnout after years of successful profiling, Anna finds herself ordered to seek counseling. She becomes entangled in her quest to heal and find the Entangler before he kills again.
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