Lena Padget was a mild-mannered grad student in a quiet Kentucky town until her sister was brutally murdered, and everything changed. Over the seven years that the killer has been in prison, Lena has honed her anger to a razor?s edge, working as a private-eye for women too scared to help themselves. But with her sister?s killer out of jail, Lena is suddenly her own most desperate client: He?s coming after Lena, and he?s powered by the terrifyingly twisted beliefs of the religious cult that raised him. Lena could give any of the tough chicks in mystery fiction ? and not a few of the guys ? a run for their money: While she may not carry a gun, she packs a lethal baseball bat. But on this go-round, she?ll need every weapon she can muster to avoid becoming another lamb to the slaughter.