At rope's end : a Dr. James Verraday mystery
(Book)

"The deadly secrets and dark passions that lurk in the most privileged corners of Seattle society have Verraday and Maclean running for their lives in [this] twisted debut mystery"--Front jacket flap.

Forensic psychologist Dr. James Verraday specializes in eyewitness recall and criminal profiling. When Detective Constance Maclean appears in Verraday's lecture hall at the end of one of his classes, he bristles. But the body of a young woman has just been found in a cranberry bog south of Seattle, and Maclean is convinced that this murder is tied to an earlier killing. The Seattle police already have a suspect in custody for that case, but Maclean suspects he's innocent. They soon find themselves in a deadly game to find a serial killer whose wealth and influence make him almost untouchable.