HarperCollins Australia 2004

Nominated for the Ned Kelly Award for fiction

Eighteen months after her nightmare with the sadistic killer known as the “Stiletto Murderer,” Makedde Vanderwall must face her demons and return to Sydney for the trial. But just as the verdict is delivered, the unthinkable happens: the killer escapes, aided by an accomplice no one suspected.

Mak is terrified, and her ex-boyfriend, Detective Andy Flynn—who has the bad habit of relying more on madness than method in his work—is no help. She decides to leave the country, but the press is tracking her every move, which only helps the killer to find her.