Having adjusted to the half-light, her eyes took in the bed with its mussed sheets, evidence of her fitful rest. She was reaching for the bedside light when she heard the soft scrape of leather against hardwood. Maybe she was safe in this room, her room on the third floor. After all it wasn’t late, only eight in the evening. Maybe she’d jumped up from a drug-induced sleep too quickly. Maybe she hadn’t heard the door open after all. Maybe she had just imagined his presence. Throat dry, she stepped backward, placing a hand on the window casing to steady herself. Of course he could see her, find her in the darkness. On the other side of the paned glass security lamps illuminated the grounds with pale, bluish light and she realized, belatedly that her body, shrouded only by a sheer night gown, was silhouetted by the eerie bluish glow from those lamps. Go away, she tried to say, but held her tongue, hoping beyond hope that he wouldn’t notice her standing near the window. Far away, through the open window, she heard the reverberating songs of the frogs in the nearby swamps, and further still the rumble of a train upon faraway tracks. Her heart thumped and, barely able to move, standing in the darkness, she searched the shadowed corners of her room frantically. Plunging deep into a nightmare investigation will uncover a shocking revelation-a deadly connection between Abby and Montoya and an asylum where unspeakable crimes were committed, evil once roamed free, and a human predator still waits…Ī presence that caused the hairs on the back of her neck to lift, her skin to prickle, sweat to collect upon her spine. Abby can help unlock the mystery-if only Montoya can get her to trust him enough to face the ghosts of her past.Īs more bodies are found in gruesome, staged scenarios and the FBI moves in, Montoya’s in a desperate race to find a killer who’s getting closer all the time. His gut tells him she’s innocent, and that there’s something significant about the once-grand hospital. Twenty years ago, Abby watched in horror as her mother, a patient at the Our Lady of Virtues Mental Hospital, plunged through a window to her death-and Abby has always dreaded that she too would one day go insane. His only lead is Abby Chastain, ex-wife of one of the victims. The victims are killed in pairs-no connection, no apparent motive, no real clues. He’ll need it, because a serial killer is turning The Big Easy into his personal playground. Thanks to years of working with the dark side of society, Detective Reuben “Diego” Montoya’s youthful swagger is gone, replaced by straightforward determination. Now available for the first time in trade paperback, Lisa Jackson’s blockbuster New York Times and USA Today bestselling Southern Gothic thriller featuring New Orleans detective Reuben Montoya in a race to catch a serial killer on the loose in The Big Easy…

Shiver by lisa jackson