Nine Elms / Robert Bryndza.

Sixteen years ago, Kate Marshall was a rising star in the London Metropolitan police force. But when Kate was tasked with tracking down a vicious serial killer, even her instinct and ability couldn't help find him - until he found her. Now, years later, Kate lives a quiet life, until one day she receives a letter from someone in her past.

"Kate Marshall was a promising young police detective when she caught the notorious Nine Elms serial killer. But her greatest victory suddenly turned into a nightmare. Traumatized, betrayed, and publicly vilified for the shocking circumstances surrounding the cannibal murder case, Kate could only watch as her career ended in scandal. Fifteen years after those catastrophic events, Kate is still haunted by the unquiet ghosts of her troubled past. Now a lecturer at a small coastal English university, she finally has a chance to face them. A copycat killer has taken up the Nine Elms mantle, continuing the ghastly work of his idol. Enlisting her brilliant research assistant, Tristan Harper, Kate draws on her prodigious and long-neglected skills as an investigator to catch a new monster. Success promises redemption, but there's much more on the line: Kate was the original killer's intended fifth victim...and his successor means to finish the job."--Provided by publisher.