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"Castillo has a winner! I couldn’t stop turning the pages!" Kat Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fire Inside

"Linda Castillo delivers a powerhouse punch." Merline Lovelace

"A exciting thriller…action packed [and] powerful…a strong tale that fans of suspense will love." Midwest Book Review

"Realistic dialog, beautifully vivid descriptions, and an intricate plot add up to a chilling, fast-paced, riveting read." Library Journal

"Intense action…sizzling sex…a thrilling climax…the reader is carried along on the ride." Lynn Erickson, author of On Thin Ice

"The Perfect Victim is a gripping page turner. Peopled with fascinating characters and intricately plotted…compelling suspense that never lets up. A first class reading experience!" Katherine Sutcliffe, bestselling author of Darkling, I Listen

The Shadow Side
Linda Castillo

There is a dark side to every passion.

Dr. Elizabeth Barnes has devoted her heart and soul to medical research…at the expense of love in her life. But now—winning an award for her latest breakthrough drug—Elizabeth is at the top of her game, and she wouldn’t change a thing.

Until a detective contacts her about a recent wave of homicides.

Cases of random violence have erupted across the country— murderous acts committed by previously non-violent people. Detective Sergeant Adam Boedecker, grieving brother to one of the suicide- murderers, has discovered that all the suspects had taken Elizabeth’s new anti- depressant, Valazine. First, she dismisses it as the wild accusations of a burnt- out cop. But after another mysterious death, Elizabeth realizes that this intense, driven man may be the only one who can stop the killings…and save her from the dark side of her work, her passion, her life.

With its “intense action, sizzling sex, [and] thrilling climax” (Lynn Erickson), The Perfect Victim by Linda Castillo was “a winner! I couldn’t stop turning the pages!” (Kat Martin). Now, the award-winning author returns with her most timely, and terrifying, novel of seductive suspense…

Berkley (Sensation), July 2003
ISBN #0425191028
384 pages Paperback
$5.99