A gun dealer is the first to die, his entire stock ofweapons cleaned
out. But the killer isn't finished yet, as aseries of brutal,
blood-chilling murders paralyzes the smallSouthwestern community the
maniac has chosen to feed upon.Every stranger is suspect, every house
the possible sanctuaryof a monster who skillfully eludes each move of
his pursuers.With fear electric and crackling in the bone-dry Arizona
air, Sheriff Joanna Brady of Cochise County knows that she isthe one who
must protect the town she was chosen to serve.But her desperate hunt for
a murderer is leading her intoterrifying places . . . and it threatens
to take a terriblepersonal toll on the people she most dearly loves.