Detective Damien Green has built a reputation as one of Overbrook Meadows' best homicide investigators, but when a fellow detective is gunned down during his morning jog, Damien is thrust into the biggest challenge of his career. Suddenly promoted to chief of detectives, he must lead a citywide task force while hunting a killer who seems to have appeared from nowhere and vanished without a trace.
The investigation takes a disturbing turn when Damien discovers possible connections between the murdered detective and an unsolved homicide. Then another victim is found with the same brutal signature-two shots to the chest. What first appeared to be the targeted murder of a police officer begins to look like the work of a prolific serial killer who has been operating in the shadows for years.
Holland Pressler has spent a lifetime believing he is smarter than everyone around him. Meticulous, narcissistic, and desperate for recognition, he doesn't merely want to escape the police-he wants them to understand his greatness. And when Damien begins following the breadcrumbs Pressler has deliberately left behind, the killer finally believes he has found a worthy opponent.
But the game becomes terrifyingly personal when Pressler targets Kelli, the woman Damien loves.
With the city frightened, the body count rising, and a killer determined to secure his place in infamy, Damien must grow into his new role before Pressler strikes again. Because catching the Two Shot Killer will require more than Damien's instincts as a detective.
It will require him to become the leader everyone else already believes he can be.