New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag returns with a thriller thatbegins with a shocking crime scene youll never forget and follows tworelentless detectiv... » 

New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag returns with a thriller thatbegins with a shocking crime scene youll never forget and follows tworelentless detectives on a manhunt that ends in a chilling confrontation withthe essence of human evil. PRIOR BAD ACTS It was a crime so brutal itchanged the lives of even the most hardened homicide cops. The Haas familymurders left a scar on the community nothing can erase but everyone agreesthat convicting the killer Karl Dahl is a start. Only Judge Carey Moore seemsto be standing in the way. Her ruling that Dahls prior criminal record isinadmissible raises a public outcryand puts the judge in grave danger.When an unknown assailant attacks Judge Moore in a parking garage two ofMinneapoliss top cops are called upon to solve the crime and keep the judgefrom further harm. Detective Sam Kovac is as hardboiled as they come and hiswisecracking partner Nikki Liska isnt far behind. Neither one wants to be onthis case but when Karl Dahl escapes from custody everything changes and aseemingly straightforward case cartwheels out of control. The stakes goeven higher when the judge is kidnappedsnatched out of her own bed even as thepolice sit outside watching her house. Now Kovac and Liska must navigatethrough a maze of suspects that includes the stepson of a murder victim ahusband with a secret life and a rogue cop looking for revenge where thejustice system failed. With no time to spare the detectives are pulleddown a strange dark trail of smoke and mirrors where no one is who they seemand everyone is guilty of Prior Bad Acts. From the Hardcover edition. «