When the lifeless body of a young woman is discovered in a desolate, half-ruined house outside Los Angeles, a nightmare begins for Robert Hunter. On the victim's neck, who was tortured and murdered in a gruesome manner, a strange double cross is carved, the trademark of a psychopath known as the Cross Mark Killer.
But that is impossible. Because the Cross Mark Killer was captured and executed two years ago.
Is it perhaps an aspiring copycat? Or is the unthinkable happening... and the real killer is still out there, ready to embark on a new series of violent murders, choosing his victims seemingly at random and essentially mocking Robert Hunter's inability to catch him?
Hunter and his new partner, Garcia, must solve this case. And quickly.

"The Cross Mark Killer" by #1 bestselling author Chris Carter is the first case of Detective Robert Hunter.