Who is the Real Killer?​

Summary

Dr. Phil Croft, the forensic pathologist in our department who was all ice and precision, recently took on a bright-eyed rookie intern, fresh out of college.

As a specially contracted criminal profiler, my job was to help him crack the city’s most brutal serial killer case.

The first time the intern saw Phil and me discussing the case outside the autopsy suite, her eyes narrowed with suspicion.

"Dr. Croft," she said, her voice filled with a conspiratorial whisper, "in all the thrillers I've read, the beautiful, brilliant woman who's always one step ahead? She's always the secret villain!