When Linda Balfour, a young mother, is found butchered in small-town southern Illinois, a coded inscription stamped in blood on the back of her head brands her mutilated body. For Chief Prosecutor Martin Vail, the Bloody insignia drags up memories he'd like to forget - memories of Bishop Rushman, slashed and dismembered ten years ago by an altar boy, Aaron Stampler. But if Stampler is locked away, he cannot have murdered Linda. With his career - and his life - on the line, Vail needs answers fast before the killer signs someone else's life away.
- ISBN10 0749316268
- ISBN13 9780749316266
- Publish Date 15 July 1996 (first published 23 May 1995)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 4 May 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Mandarin
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 512
- Language English