The Butterfly Murders - Paperback

Special Agent Kara Martin swore she'd never return to Rochester, the town steeped in memories of her parents' brutal murders. For thirteen years, she's buried the past and built a career chasing justice. But when a congressman's teenage daughter is savagely killed, Kara is thrust back into the place she's tried to forget-and into the path of the man whose heart she once shattered.Detective Shane Rogers has endured his own tragedies: the loss of his wife and the near loss of his son to a rare heart condition. Now, with his son thriving after a life-saving transplant, Shane has reclaimed his passion for solving crimes. His first case back-a grisly murder-throws him face-to-face with Kara, his first love and the woman who broke his heart.As Kara and Shane race to catch a killer targeting transplant recipients, they're forced to confront their shared past and a rising tide of emotions they thought were buried. Each new murder reveals a chilling pattern, as the killer harvests organs mirroring the ones the victims had received.When Shane's son is kidnapped, the case takes a horrifying turn, and the clock begins ticking. Can Kara and Shane stop the killer before the boy becomes the next victim?