California Bureau of Investigation agent kathryn dance, a kinesics expert and Master interrogator, locks into a dazzling mental contest with a modern-day Charles Manson in this heart pounding thriller. Serving life in a maximum security for Mastermind and the slaughter of a wealthy caramel family, the unrepentant Daniel Pell may also be linked to another killing, a cold case that will heat up quickly if kathryn dance can get the confession she seeks. But when pell escapes, a hattowing Manhunt takes off, and kathryn will race to uncover the secrets of the path from The Lone Survivor of pells bloodlust, a teenager now, the little girl who hid in her bed to save her own life.