Hand of Evil

Two very different women share one horrifying secret in this heart-stopping New York Times bestseller from the author of Web of Evil.With his hand trapped in the door of a speeding car, a man struggles to remain upright as he's dragged along a deserted stretch of San Juan Road in Phoenix's South Mountain Preserve. It's the perfect place to drive a man to his grave--literally. Starting with a crime so gruesome even prowling coyotes keep their distance from the remains, a killer begins crisscrossing the Southwest on a spree of grisly murders.A hundred miles away, Ali Reynolds is grieving. The newscasting job she once delighted in is gone and so is the philandering husband she loved and thought she knew. When a wealthy but distant member of her family unexpectedly asks her for a meeting, Ali wonders what it can mean. Before she can satisfy her curiosity, though, Ali receives another startling call: a friend's teenage daughter has disappeared. Ali offers to help, but in doing so, she unknowingly begins a quest that will reveal a deadly ring of secrets, at the center of which stand two undiscriminating killers . . . Praise for J. A. Jance"Jance starts her books fast . . . and keeps things moving with cinematic panache . . . engaging and entertaining." --Los Angeles Times"Jance delivers a devilish page-turner." --People"Chilling . . . an expert in the tricks of her trade." --The Tennessean (Nashville)