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Portland Strangler
Hardcover
Publisher: Exclusive Book Publisher
Published: Apr 29 2026
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.49
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
For twelve years, Detective Emily Johnson has been haunted by one question: did she put the right man in prison for her sister Rachel's murder?
The case was closed. A man confessed. But Emily's career and marriage were destroyed by the suspicion that the truth was buried, not found. Now, a new killer is stalking Portland. His signature is a perfect fisherman's knot and a white paper crane left beside the body. His first victim is a criminal psychologist who worked on Rachel's case. And his message, scrawled on a note left at the scene, is chillingly personal: WELCOME BACK, DETECTIVE JOHNSON.
Forced off the official investigation by a captain who sees her as unstable, Emily teams up with her former partner, Jake Bishop. Working in the shadows and hunted by Internal Affairs, they delve into a ghost file of missing evidence, altered timelines, and a respected former detective with a dangerous secret. The killer isn't just imitating the past; he's rewriting it, using Emily as his unwilling audience. Each new murder is a bloody chapter in a story designed to correct the mistakes of the original case-and to force a final, devastating confrontation.
As the killer escalates from the river docks to a public event, Emily realizes she's not chasing a stranger. She's pursuing a ghost from her own history, someone who believes her survival was the real crime. To stop him, she must become the bait, walking into a trap where the final note will be written in her blood. The Portland Strangler is a relentless psychological thriller about obsession, inherited evil, and the detectives who pay for the truth with their souls.
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