Award-winning author Nancy Pickard has been receiving high acclaim for her mystery series starring sleuth Jenny Cain. This time Cain finds herself following the trail of a possible paranoid schizophrenic slasher--only to uncover clues that put her squarely in the sights of a cold-blooded murderer!

Jenny Cain's wish to establish a recreation hall for the mentally ill in the basement of a burned-out building is thwarted when a man is killed there and it appears the killer may be mentally ill.

Nancy Pickard, creator of the acclaimed Jenny Cain mystery series, won the Anthony Award for SAY NO TO MURDER, a Macavity Award for MARRIAGE IS MURDER, and two Agatha Awards for Best Novel, for BUM STEER (1990) and I.O.U (1991). Her next novel featuring Marie Lightfoot is forthcoming in hardcover from Pocket Books. A former reporter and editor, she is a past president of Sisters in Crime. She splits her time between Kansas and Florida.