There's a new demon in the City of Angels. The Cupid Killer targets couples in love. He mercilessly tortures women before killing them. He forces men to watch before leaving them beaten and broken-but alive-and wishing them "an especially wonderful day." L.A. detective Morris Brick has never hunted a psyc ho who's taken such sadistic pleasure in destroying people's lives. The surviving male victims have all identified the killer's snarling wolf tattoo. Now Brick knows he's on the trail of a brutal predator who's taunting him. But the danger is closer to home than he imagines . . . and the madman's "Jacob Stone is equal parts Thomas Harris, Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, and Stephen King. CRUEL will leave you shaking . . . with fear, excitement, and the uncontrollable compulsion to keep on reading." -Lee Goldberg on "A dark and different serial killer novel that will haunt the reader long after the book is closed." -John Lutz on "Los Angeles has seldom seen such grisly fun. It's James Ellroy meets Alfred Hitchcock on the psychotic side of the street." -Paul Levine on "One of the most compelling, thrilling, and truth be told, at times look-away-from-page-frightening serial killer novels I've read in a long, long time." -Vincent Zandri on "A fascinating and exciting blend of misdirection, topsy-turvy, and violence." -Reed Farrel Coleman on