The Bitter Season

Tami Hoag returns to the bestselling series of her career with a Kovac and Liska case that will delight fans and new readers alike.

It was a shocking crime.

A middle-aged couple - hacked to death in their own home - with a samurai sword. Normal people. Who were they? And why were they targeted?

It was a shocking crime. But it wasn't the first.

Twenty years ago a policeman was murdered in his own back garden and the killer was never caught.

One woman might link these mysteries. But she is being watched. Can Detectives Nikki Liska and Sam Kovac find her before it is too late?

Suspense fiction doesn't get smarter than this. Taut, tense and terrifying, Hoag weaves a relentlessly thrilling tale which twists and turns with every page.