The Death File: A gripping serial killer thriller with a shocking twist

The Death File: A gripping serial killer thriller with a shocking twist
J. A. Kerley

Detective Carson Ryder returns, on the trail of a brutal killer with mysterious motives.Two psychologists are murdered 2000 miles apart – one in Phoenix, Arizona, one in Miami, Florida.Amazingly, both have noted down the name of Carson Ryder – a detective with the Florida Center for Law Enforcement who specializes in catching psychopathic killers.Carson joins forces with troubled Phoenix Detective Tasha Novarro to trace a ruthless killer whose advantages include an uncanny talent for persuasion, an utter lack of remorse, and the horrifying ability to predict their every move. A killer even Carson might not be capable of stopping…

The Death File

J. A. KERLEY

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To Virginia, who loved her beer and baseball…

Table of Contents

Cover (#uf939817c-7b72-5062-a7b7-98dec610e379)

Title Page (#uc39bf07a-dad6-5b6d-b4dc-ac3c15fc5bc4)

Copyright (#u5400f8a4-59b9-5f87-a08d-56abc9a95909)

Dedication (#uab97a0a9-c224-5adf-8b89-75c6b54e3ea7)

Chapter 1 (#ufa41f233-6f08-511a-b382-c829c3a80756)

Chapter 2 (#u7e7f9d8b-9ece-5514-8946-1a20481e47f4)

Chapter 3 (#ud1d735b8-1db5-553c-8cf9-1d37c4b85ee7)

Chapter 4 (#u9a50ca21-b86b-57f1-94a1-6f0a4b35384b)

Chapter 5 (#uce9f6923-0fb3-55d9-aeb0-f7bdae7477f1)

Chapter 6 (#u1f38b2ff-ba0b-5e76-8649-fad56866af98)

Chapter 7 (#u4965caa9-39c3-50e9-8460-04b4d61f1155)

Chapter 8 (#u40c4ad2b-db3f-5c31-bf86-7cf2018b89ce)

Chapter 9 (#u7a5c7d99-de25-5523-a1ba-23688b6551d8)

Chapter 10 (#u3726140e-c28e-592a-b380-14b155010557)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)