Alex Bernier, reporter for the Gabriel Monitor, has stumbled into a mystery – quite literally. While out for a bike ride, she practically runs into a body in the woods. Two weeks later, another body shows up. Smart, witty and intensely curious, she’s assigned to cover the murders for the paper. Alex can’t help but get involved in the investigation – and with the hunky new cop in charge. Soon, she realizes that not only is she trying to catch the serial killer; the serial killer is trying to catch her! Mysterious unsigned letters, threatening phone calls, a very ominous palm reading…and then the killer hits too close to home. Life is hard enough already, trying to keep a step ahead of the New York Times, keep her relationship with the officer a secret, and meet her column deadlines – now Alex has to worry about keeping herself and her friends alive! ( )