Dead Girl Walking: Absolutely addictive mystery and suspense

"911. What's your emergency?"

"He came for her. She's been shot," says a desperate voice, as footsteps echo down an alley. "She's dying."

"Oh no, oh no, he's coming back. Please, come quickly--" And then a click, and the drone of a dial tone.

The beautiful young woman on the stretcher could be on her honeymoon. Chestnut hair tumbles around a pretty face, rose petals tangled in the loose strands. But the bandage around her forehead tells a different tale, as Emergency Room Nurse Jessie Novak de...