The Judas Child
by Carol O'Connell

In a quiet New York suburb, three days before Christmas, two little girls have disappeared. It’s a calculated and chilling reminder of a crime that happened once before, fifteen years ago to the day, when Detective Rouge Kendall’s twin sister fell into the clutches of a sadistic predator—and vanished. But if the crime was solved, if the killer was apprehended, then who is playing with a haunted man’s unforgettable fears?

It’s more than a mystery. For Kendall, it’s an omen of something terrifying to come. Something that will take him to the darkest corners of his imagination—and into the heart of a private nightmare that has never been put to rest...

Other Books by Carol O'Connell

The Chalk Girl
A Mallory Novel #10

Killing Critics

Bone by Bone

Find Me
Mallory Series #9

Winter House

Crime School

Carol O'Connell's Bio

Born in 1947, Carol O'Connell studied at the California Institute or Arts/Chouinard and the Arizona State University. For many years she survived on occasional sales of her paintings as well as freelance proof-reading and copy-editing.

At the age of 46, Carol O'Connell sent the manuscript of Mallory's Oracle to Hutchinson, because she felt that a British publisher would be sympathetic to a first time novelist and because Hutchinson also publish Ruth Rendell. Having miraculously found the book on the 'slush pile', Hutchinson immediately came back with an offer for world rights, not just for, Mallory's Oracle but for the second book featuring the same captivating heroine.

At the Frankfurt Book Fair, Hutchinson sold the rights to Dutch, French and German publishers for six figure sums. Mallory's Oracle was then taken back to the States where it was sold, at auction, to Putnam for over $800,000.

Carol O'Connell is now writing full time.