The first novel in the nationally bestselling McCabe and Savage series-perfect for fans of John Sandford and CJ Box.

Someone is stealing the hearts of beautiful ladies…

Detective Mike McCabe moved from a high homicide job with the NYPD to Portland, Maine to leave his failed marriage and suspicions of wrongdoing behind, and to find a more peaceful life for himself and his 13 year old daughter.

But the small New England city isn’t nearly as safe and sound as he thought.

On the warm September night time, a missing high-school athlete is found dead in a scrap steel yard, her heart removed from her body with surgical accuracy. As outrage on the killing spreads, a business girl disappears while from a morning jog.

McCabe is for certain both offences are the work of one man-a murderer skilled in cardiac medical procedures who is using his scalpel to focus on young women. With the clock ticking, McCabe and his partner Maggie Savage find themselves in a eager race against time to discover and recovery the missing woman before she turns into the next victim from the sadistic killer’s blade.