The Hangman - (The Forgotten Files Trilogy) by Mary Burton (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Now in mass market for the first time for fans of Lisa Jackson, Iris Johansen, Karen Rose, and Allison Brennan, the final, heart-pounding case in New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton's Forgotten Files Trilogy...

A cop who followed her father into law enforcement becomes obsessed with the case that broke him more than twenty years earlier - a sexually sadistic serial killer known as the Hangman...

Julia Vargas is a cop with a mission. When she's not chasing down bad guys, Julia dedicates her time to investigating the Hangman serial killer . . . the same unsolved case that her father, Jim Vargas, was working on when he supposedly shot and killed himself three decades before. While rumors continue to swirl around her father's death, Julia attempts to hunt down the truth.

The case once again hits dangerously close, however, when a woman's bones are discovered in a historic downtown home, together with a photograph of Jim and Julia as a young girl. As horrifying as this discovery is, it may just be the break Julia has waited for. Working alongside Tobias Novak, a homicide detective with whom she shares a complicated―and steamy―history, she's forced to confront her own past even as the Hangman looms in the shadows. But as the mysterious killer circles closer, Julia can feel her own noose begin to tighten . . .

About the Author

Mary Burton is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty suspense novels including The Seventh Victim, Senseless, Merciless, and Dying Scream. A member of International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Novelists, Inc., and Romance Writers of America, Mary is known for creating multiple suspense stories connected by characters and/or place. She is a recipient of the prestigious RITA(R) Award from the Romance Writers of America, a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award-Finalist, and a RT Book Reviews' Critics Choice Award-nominee. A Virginia native, she is a graduate of the Henrico County Citizens Police Academy and the Richmond F.B.I. Citizen's Academy where she participated in Sisters in Crime's forensic university program. Readers can find her online at MaryBurton.com.