Carved in Stone (Vanessa Stone #1)

Can psychopaths be rehabilitated?

Meghan Newton is brutally attacked, her wounds distinctive and life-altering. Her attacker, Carlton Tubbs, is caught, tried, and sentenced, and nine years later, is released from prison.

Are serial killers born or made?

Detective Vanessa Stone is chasing a killer of 18 women whose wounds bear the distinctive trademarks of the Meghan Newton case. She is hunting Carlton Tubbs, but it's been 30 years since his original crime and he’s dropped into obscurity. All she can do is delve into his past, speak to his victim and his prison psychologist, follow the breadcrumbs that seem to be leading her back to his troubled childhood. With 18 bodies and another woman missing, Vanessa is running out of time.

What if the ghosts in your head are real?

Carved in Stone is the story of Carlton Tubbs, a neglected child who eventually becomes a killer. Abandoned by his father, abused by his mother, Carlton creates a fantasy world inside his head. Who is the real Carlton Tubbs? Who is the illusion? And who is the mysterious man known only as “Smith”?

From the author of Barren Waters, Hollywood Book Festival’s Best Science Fiction novel of 2017 comes a novel of psychological terror, the first in a brand new series.