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FBI behavioral psychologist Daniel Clark has been made famous by his arguments that religion is one of society's greatest antagonists. What Daniel doesn't know is that his obsessive pursuit of a serial killer known only as "Eve" will end in his own death at Eve's hand. Twenty minutes later Daniel is resuscitated, only to be haunted by those twenty missing minutes of life. It soon becomes painfully clear that the only way to stop Eve is to recover...

"Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applies his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Jewelry and valuables were left in plain sight, bodies were piled together,...

The crime scenes are horrifying. The victims are all arranged with deliberate care--posed to appear alive despite their agonizing deaths. Chattanooga grief counselor Audrey Sherrod moolights for the local police and it's clear to her and to Special Agent J.D. Cass that these murders are the work of a deranged serial killer. Initially, the victims are linked only by their physical appearance, but later, a link to horrifying crimes that took place...

Dr. Dylan Reinhart wrote the book on criminal behavior. Literally--he's a renowned, bestselling Ivy League expert on the subject. When a copy of his book turns up at a gruesome murder scene--along with a threatening message from the killer--it looks like someone has been taking notes. Elizabeth Needham is the headstrong and brilliant NYPD Detective in charge of the case who recruits Dylan to help investigate another souvenir left at the scene--a playing...

The third installment in this anthology series features five new tales of horror and a wraparound. The main stories deal with alternative realities, possesed communication devices, vampires and serial killers in lust, mad inventors, and hauntings.