Hand of Evil

Two very different women share one horrifying secret in this heart-stopping New York Times bestseller from the author of Web of Evil.

With his hand trapped in the door of a speeding car, a man struggles to remain upright as he’s dragged along a deserted stretch of San Juan Road in Phoenix’s South Mountain Preserve. It’s the perfect place to drive a man to his grave—literally. Starting with a crime so gruesome even prowling coyotes keep their distance from the remains, a killer begins crisscrossing the Southwest on a spree of grisly murders.

A hundred miles away, Ali Reynolds is grieving. The newscasting job she once delighted in is gone and so is the philandering husband she loved and thought she knew. When a wealthy but distant member of her family unexpectedly asks her for a meeting, Ali wonders what it can mean. Before she can satisfy her curiosity, though, Ali receives another startling call: a friend’s teenage daughter has disappeared. Ali offers to help, but in doing so, she unknowingly begins a quest that will reveal a deadly ring of secrets, at the center of which stand two undiscriminating killers . . .

Praise for J. A. Jance

“Jance starts her books fast . . . and keeps things moving with cinematic panache . . . engaging and entertaining.” —Los Angeles Times

“Jance delivers a devilish page-turner.” —People

“Chilling . . . an expert in the tricks of her trade.” —The Tennessean (Nashville)