Needlepoint — Samantha Chase (1)

The tiny pinprick of poison; The calling card of a crazed killer.

When Ted Chandler is found dead in the cold, murky waters of the Choptank River few people grieve. Between his tactless affairs and unsavory real-estate deals, Chandler earned a shifty reputation along Maryland's eastern shore.

But Sara Chandler is stricken by her husband's sudden death. Among the waterlogged belongings in the glove compartment of Ted s car the police find a swatch of half-finished needlepoint, an eerie reminder that Sara doesn't know all the details of her husband's life.

Sara is still trying to piece together the puzzle when her younger sister Ginny leaves for a cruise--and never returns. Although no one can explain Ginny's disappearance, another swatch of needlepoint is found in her luggage. Is this the signature of a madman?

A deranged killer is closing in. Sara and her unborn child could be the next ones to die. And she's helpless to deflect the lethal sting of vengeance.