This haunting journey into the mind of a psychopath will chill you to the core . . . Tough-as-nails Detective Ray Truman battles his demons as he tracks a family of prolific serial killers in this nail-biting psychological thriller. Headless corpses, their bodies ritualistically mutilated and posed, have been turning up all over the Portvale industrial district. The remains of young female prostitutes have been the killer's victims of choice, but now other districts are reporting the gruesome discovery of decapitated socialites as the brutal killer expands his territory. Truman knows who the killer is, but finding the evidence he needs for a conviction is proving to be as elusive as the psychopath. Truman decides to take drastic action and steps outside the law to track the serial killer - his frustration threatening to derail years of investigation. As his relentless search brings him closer to the elusive serial killer, Truman's world spirals into a violent abyss as the hunter becomes the hunted. A psychological serial killer thriller in the vein of other power-packed thrillers like Thomas Harris's Silence of the Lambs and James Ellroy's Killer on the Road "Dark and deeply disturbing." - Jonathan Nasaw, author of The Girls he Adored and The Boys from Santa Cruz "Blood Related is a terrifying psychological thriller. William Cook is an author to watch." - Mark Edward Hall, author of The Lost Village and The Holocaust Opera "William Cook tells a gruesome story with a sense of authenticity that makes you question with considerable unease if it really is fiction, after all." - Graham Masterton, author of the Katie McGuire series and The House that Jack Built This novel portrays adult language and scenes of graphic violence and implied sexual violence.