FASCINATING . . . KEEP ALL THE LIGHTS ON WHILE READING IT.--Houston ChronicleHe's sweet, wistful, and boyishly handsome. But beneath Tim Hagan's polite veneer lies a rage as deep as the ocean. He needs a woman to save him from his gruesome past--and those who fail become part of it. . . .POWERFUL PROSE, WRENCHING PSYCHOLOGICAL INTENSITY, AND ICY SUSPENSE.--Library JournalRuth Lasseter finds herself in a bind: to put the office gossips off the scent of her affair with a married coworker, she must attend a company function with an attractive, even enviable, male. And Tim Hagan seems just the ticket. . . . TRULY MENACING.--Kirkus ReviewsThe darkness torn from that single night will consume Ruth with a need for vengeance and strip her life to the bone. And as Ruth penetrates the very heart of Tim's madness, she finds herself irrevocably locked in a chilling dance to the death. . . .If thriller-reading were a sin, Stephen Gallagher would be responsible for my ultimate damnation. His work is fast-paced, well-written, infused with a sense of dark wonder, and altogether fresh.-- Dean R. Koontz