There<U+2019>s nothing like an old-fashioned bank robbery to get the D.C. FBI office moving, even as half the team are sidelined with the flu. But this isn<U+2019>t a normal heist, and Special Agent Emma Last is no typical FBI operative, something her partner, Leo Ambrose, is quickly realizing. And he doesn<U+2019>t know the half of it. As Emma struggles with her secret, a masked assailant stages a morning robbery, making off with forty thousand dollars and leaving a trail of chaos in his wake. Beyond the money, he forces the bank manager, a guard, and the only two customers<U+2014>a mother and her young daughter<U+2014>into the vault. The loot? A safety deposit box containing nothing more than notebooks. The devastation? He murders the mother after cutting and collecting a lock of her hair. As a gift or a trophy? Upon their arrival, Emma and Leo are thrust into a relentless chase, hot on the robber<U+2019>s trail. But just like the ghosts that haunt Emma, he vanishes into thin air. As the team tracks down one dead end after another, they discover this wasn<U+2019>t the perp<U+2019>s first heist. Or his first act of murder. Driven by a desperate need for money, Emma knows he<U+2019>s on the edge of disappearing forever or striking again. The race is on.
Series:
Emma Last series ; bk. 5 Stone, Mary. Emma Last series ; bk. 5.
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