Special Agent Dagny Gray is smart, athletic, and fearless. She's also
fragile, depressed, and anorexic. If she doesn't get healthy soon, the
FBI will drop her--and she'll never have a chance to end the crime spree
of the so-called "bubble gum thief."
It all started with the theft of a pack of gum, and the ominous note he
left behind: THIS IS MY FIRST CRIME. MY NEXT WILL BE BIGGER. Every two
weeks, he delivers on this pledge, committing a bigger crime, and
promising that the next will be even worse. When petty theft gives way
to bloody murder, the stakes become clear. He may have begun with the
smallest crime possible, but he's building toward the biggest crime
imaginable.
There's a method to the gum thief's madness, and Special Agent Dagny
Gray knows she can figure it out...if the Bureau will let her. But will
it be in time to prevent the cataclysmic finale of his escalating spree?