Ryder Creed and his K9 search-and-rescue dogs meet FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell once more in a case involving three mysterious deaths ... and one horrifying connection. In Chicago, a young man jumps from his thirtieth-storey hotel room. Along the Missouri river, a hunter and his son find a lake whose surface is littered with snow geese, all of them dead. In Southern Alabama, Ryder Creed and his search-and-rescue dog Grace find the body of a young woman who went missing in the Conecuh National Forest . . . and it appears she filled her pockets with rocks and walked into the river. Before long Ryder Creed and FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell will discover the ominous connection between these strange deaths. And what they find may be the most prolific killer the United States has ever known... Praise for Alex Kava 'Move over Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs and Karin Slaughter' Guardian '[ Breaking Creed ] simply blew me away ... For any lover of nail-biting suspense, it's a book you'll not be able to put down' James Rollins