The Watcher

The Watcher
BEVERLY BARTON

Whether you run or whether you hide, he’ll find you. And then he’ll kill you…The game is simple–he is the Hunter. They are the prey. And they’re both entangled in a terrifying game of hide and seek…Private investigator Griffin Powell and FBI agent Nicole Baxter know a lot about serial killers – they took one down together. But this new killer is as sadistic as they've ever seen. He likes his little games, and he especially likes forcing Nicole and Griff to play along.Every unsolvable clue, every posed victim, every taunting phone call – it's all part of his twisted, elaborate plan.And then the Hunter seeks out his most precious prey of all and Griff finds himself playing for the biggest stakes of his life.

BEVERLY BARTON

The Watcher

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First published in Great Britain as The Murder Game by HarperCollins 2008

This eBook edition published 2018

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Source ISBN: 9781847560599

Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780007281824

Version: 2018-06-04

Dedication (#ulink_b9af9f15-e19b-5156-abb2-fed2dc19a5fa)

In loving memory of my mother, Doris Marie.

Many thanks to my friend Marilyn Puett for putting me in touch with a retired FBI agent who generously agreed to help me with research.

Thank you, Former Special Agent William C. Rasmussen. Your assistance proved invaluable during the course of writing this book. Any mistakes are mine, probably because I assumed I knew something or I either misunderstood the answer to a question or simply asked the wrong question.

Contents

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Title Page (#uf5f928fc-7570-5e7c-ad94-fb3e41e10817)

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Prologue (#u76890d7a-7d68-5db0-a907-89b0990d6826)

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