From internationally bestselling author LJ Ross comes the second book in the gripping Alexander Gregory Series―a fast-paced thriller set amidst the spectacular Parisian landscape laced with murder, mystery, and a chilling dark humor. In a beautiful world, murder is always ugly… Recently returned from his last case in Ireland, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr. Alexander Gregory receives a call from the French police he can't ignore. It's Paris Fashion Week, and some of the world's most beautiful women are turning up dead―each killed in a frenzy, their faces slashed as the world's press looks on. Amid the carnage, one victim survives―but she's too traumatized to speak. Without her testimony, the police are powerless to stop the killer before he strikes again. Can Gregory unlock the secrets buried in her mind before it's too late? Murder, beauty, and obsession collide in this fast-paced psychological thriller set against the glittering, dangerous backdrop of Paris. LJ Ross is the author of the #1 international bestselling series of DCI Ryan mystery novels and her books have sold more than eleven million copies since 2015. Louise was born in Northumberland, England. She studied undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Law at King’s College London and studied abroad in Paris and Florence. She spent much of her working life in London, where she was a regulatory lawyer for a number of years before taking the decision to change career and pursue her dream to write.