This book was recommended to me by a fellow chick... (thanks Dana)!

I was hooked after the first couple of pages. It is a fast and intense read, I couldn't put it down, I just had to know what was happening next, so I often I found my self reading late into the night.

If you are a mystery thriller book lover, than this book is for you and you will be pleased to know this is book one in a series of three. I am waiting impatiently on the library wait list!

Wow. This book was intense! Lots of twists, lots of back story which is awesome. Really enjoyed the characters in the book and love the fact its a series. Can't wait to read the next one!!


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 women...

Detective Mike McCabe moved from a top 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 is not nearly as safe as he thought.

On a warm September night, a missing high-school athlete is found dead in a scrap metal yard, her heart removed from her body with surgical precision. As outrage over the killing spreads, a young business woman disappears while out on a morning jog.

McCabe is certain both crimes are the work of one man—a murderer skilled in cardiac surgery who is using his scalpel to target young women. With the clock ticking, McCabe and his partner Maggie Savage find themselves in a desperate race against time to find and rescue the missing woman before she becomes the next victim of the sadistic killer's blade.