Winter Kill — Mary Kerr

Francine Larabee is a police officer assigned to missing persons division and a single mom with no romantic prospects who happens onto two high profile cases the same week. Case one, a missing teenager, pits her against a powerful pimp who literally kicks her ass. She's saved by Detective Quinn with whom she has a past. Their one night stand produced two-year-old Daisy. Quinn knows Francine has a child. He does not know he is Daisy's father. Prostitutes are going missing at the rate of one a week in the second case. A killer with a schedule? Francine suspects a serial killer when girl number three disappears. Life becomes more complicated when Quinn learns the truth about Daisy and renews his romantic pursuit. A femme fatale co-worker with her own designs on Quinn further raises Francine's stress level. Is a man with two faces the killer? Or, are there two killers with one face? They'll know soon. The trap is set. Francine is the bait. Here killer, killer!