Before He Kills (Mackenzie White, #1)

by Blake Pierce

There was a dead, mostly naked body of a thirty-something female tied to a pole, her face frozen in an expression of anguish. It was an expression that Mackenzie wished she’d never seen—and knew she would never forget.

Walter Porter, her fifty-five-year-old partner, would be best for the job.

She and Zack had moved in together a little over a year ago, trying to take every possible step they could in their relationship that might prevent marriage for as long as possible.

If her personal life had to melt into the background, then so be it. This life, the life inside the case, felt more real to her anyway.