The mans grip was even stronger than her Fathers the single hand both choking and lifting her Her lungs were burning for air and her feet no longer touched the ground Blood pounded in her ears and her heart beat as if it would burst from her chest When she sensed the man carrying her toward the cluster of evergreens she tried to fight but her feet dangling in the air gave no force to the kicks A cascade of snow dislodged from a pine branch fell down the back of her jacket as the man pulled her into the trees In a few moments the blowing and drifting snow had hidden the tracks on the sidewalk Kathleen Swanson forever fourteen became The Butchers first victim Once again a serial killer stalks Millertonamp8217s streets Matthew Goeser must find the killer quickly but there are no clues no motive and no pattern And Matt is scheduled to be the next victim
