Reprisal Road: A Joe Erickson Mystery

About the book

Chicago Detective Joe Erickson arrives at an apartment where a young woman, an up-and-coming model, has been found murdered. Discovered at the scene is a box of dead roses, along with a card reading "Sic semper scortilla," Latin for "thus always to bitches." A week later, another young woman, also a model, is found murdered in ... her apartment. A box of dead roses and an identical card are also found at this scene. Who killed these women? And what is the significance of the dead roses and the card? With no clues as to the identity of the perpetrator, Joe and his partner begin an investigation that leads them to disturbing revelations about what motivated the crimes and who was ultimately responsible for their deaths. read more