The Angel of Caldera

Set in a sun-bleached Arizona town, "Next of Kin" introduces FBI profiler Alex Harlan as he investigates a community where a beloved woman, Patrice Linden, secretly harbors a dark secret behind her caring facade. As Harlan uncovers darker undercurrents beneath the town’s admiration for her, he faces a chilling mystery involving seemingly natural deaths and a faceless buyer. This eighth installment in the Alex Harlan series offers a compelling, standalone case that explores the unsettling contrast between kindness and cruelty.