Architect of Chaos: A Steve Rake case

"GET ME STEVE RAKE." Red letters scrawled across a scorched parking lot are the only clue left after a high-tech arson attack devastates a Manhattan grocery store, leaving over a hundred people dead. No survivors. No digital footprints. Just a deliberate invitation for New York's most controversial detective. Freshly reinstated to the force and still haunted by the tragic case that shattered his life, Detective Steve Rake doesn't want the spotlight. But the killer, a shadowy mastermind calling himself the Architect, refuses to play with anyone else. When a follow-up investigation leads Rake straight to a seemingly simple lead in Hell's Kitchen, the rules of the game become sickeningly clear. The Architect doesn't want money or power. He claims to be Rake's biggest fan, executing a twisted crusade to cleanse a "rotten" society, and he insists Rake inspired him to do it. Forced into a deadly maze of cryptic riddles and gruesome psychological warfare, Rake must unmask a ghost from his past before the body count rises. But in the Architect's grand design, every move is anticipated, and the line between justice and chaos is about to blur forever. How do you catch a killer who is always two steps ahead?

Pages: 276, Paperback, Independently published