Serial Rites — Cortez Law III

Atlanta Homicide Sergeant Malcolm Hobbs' strength: Acute intuition into human nature. His weakness: Loss of faith in God. Despite his immense ability, he's on the edge and contemplates quitting. The mystery of Hobbs is his sanity. Will his spirit and soul unite in time to resolve his trauma or will they divide too late to stop him from experiencing the peace of God as they rage a live or die war?In the psychological thriller, SERIAL RITES, a prequel to KREMLIN TIDE (2014) and COLD LICK (2015), Hobbs' detective skills encounter one of the most compelling cases in his career, but there's a big problem. A precarious Hobbs isn't at full strength and he's breaking in a new Detective to his team in former Columbus, Ohio hotshot, Shepard Cush.When Hobbs and his elite team of investigators nicknamed, The X-Men, discover the catalyst to the murders, they must decipher the puzzling schematic from the cold heart of a psychopath known as, The Profiler. Atlanta's confidence in the high-profile detectives is on trial against this meticulous and motivated predator with a macabre M.O. The question is will The Profiler's blood-lustful vision satisfy him enough not to include The X-Men themselves?