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EVIL IS ON THE HUNT--AND PROVES TO BE METHODICALLY ORGANIZED AND CHILLINGLY SUCCESSFUL.

WHEN CHICAGO DETECTIVE ALEC BUCHANAN IS OFFERED A PRIME POSITION WITH THE FBI, FIRST HE MUST COMPLETE ONE LAST ASSIGNMENT: ACTING AS A GLORIFIED BODYGUARD TO HOTEL HEIRESS REGAN HAMILTON MADISON. SOMEONE HAS E-MAILED THE GORGEOUS EXEC A GRAPHIC CRIMESCENE PHOTO--AND THE VICTIM IS NO STRANGER.

REGAN SUSPECTS THAT THE TROUBLE STARTED WHEN SHE AGREED TO HELP A JOURNALIST FRIEND EXPOSE A SHADY SELF-HELP GURU, DR. LAWRENCE SHIELDS, WHO PREYS ON LONELY, VULNERABLE WOMEN. HOPING TO FIND SOME DAMNING EVIDENCE, REGAN ATTENDS HIS SEMINAR.

AT THE GATHERING, THE DOCTOR PERSUADES HIS GUESTS TO PARTAKE IN AN INNOCENT LITTLE "CLEANSING" EXERCISE. HE ASKS THEM TO MAKE A LIST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HURT OR DECEIVED THEM OVER THE YEARS, AND POSES THE QUESTION: WOULD YOUR WORLD BE A BETTER PLACE IF THESE PEOPLE CEASED TO EXIST?

THE EXPERIENCE IS ALL BUT FORGOTTEN--UNTIL THE FIRST PERSON ON REGAN'S LIST TURNS UP DEAD. NOW BRUTAL MURDERS SEEM TO STALK HER EVERY MOVE--AND A GROWING ATTRACTION TO ALEC MAY COMPROMISE HER SAFETY. REGAN MUST DISCOVER WHO HAS TURNED HER PRIVATE REVENGE FANTASIES INTO GRISLY REALITY.