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A BLADE-SHARP THRILLER IN THE EDGAR AWARD-SELECTED WRITER WHO "BLURS THE LINES BETWEEN DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES" (Abilene Reporter-News, Tx) Darby McCormack was in senior school when she first experienced the monster: somebody killed a lady in the woods wherever Darby and her two close friends were partying. His competition to stop the witnesses was sure-footed and chaotic - but somehow Darby lasted. Thirty-five years later, Darby is just a crime-scene investigator for the Boston Police Department, and a case - a ladyis late-night abduction - has her unveiling unusual results in lost girls, current and past. As forensic clues lead her nearer to a psychopath named the Tourist, Darby should ultimately solve the problem of her past and come face-to-face with a monster who's determined to keep consitently the absent - and the horrors they suffered at his fingers - from actually visiting light.