Book excerpt: Banter used to work as a hired gun until she teamed up with Detective Corey Van Baine. After solving a mass murder case and him figuring out who she really is, Corey forces her into retirement. That is short-lived when a new killer stumps his department and he needs her help. Is it a serial killer, or another hired gun on a killing spree? Or something altogether different? No one can tell, but with the body count climbing, Banter finds herself enlisted to help on the case. However, a stalker is now plaguing Banter and she, who once was the hunter, is now the hunted. She must use all her skill and the advice of a five-year-old boy to survive and to crack both cases.