Before Evil

Maggie O'Dell Novel Book 12

by Alex Kava

Prairie Wind Publishing

December 31, 2017

ISBN-10: 0997389761

ISBN-13: 9780997389760

Available in: Hardcover, Audio, e-Book, Trade Size (reprint)

Before Evil
by Alex Kava

International bestseller Alex Kava delivers a stunning prequel to her critically acclaimed Maggie O’Dell series. Let the chase begin.

From her small Quantico office, Special Agent Maggie O’Dell has profiled serial killers using Polaroids, faxed copies and scraps of evidence provided by homicide detectives from across the country. She’s gained a reputation for successfully profiling killers and solving crimes without ever stepping foot at a real crime scene.

Then comes Albert Stucky, and nothing will ever be the same.

Stucky is a sadistic madman who enjoys his twisted games as much as he enjoys the kill. Pieces of victims start showing up in takeout containers, strategically left for unsuspecting bystanders to find. Sometimes the body is dumped near by. Others are never found.

Maggie is tasked with profiling the murders. Despite all her skills and talents nothing has prepared for this. For the first time in her career she’s seeing the gruesome crime scenes firsthand, because this madman has chosen the backwoods of Virginia as his killing grounds.

When Stucky discovers an attractive female FBI agent is part of the task force to stop him, he begins to taunt Maggie. He leaves notes and bits and pieces as if they were clues for a morbid scavenger hunt. Each step of the way he’s daring Maggie to catch him if she can, all the while planning to make her his next prey.

Originally published August 2017 in hardcover and eBook.



Alex Kava's Bio

ALEX KAVA is the New York Times, USA Today and Amazon best-selling author of the award winning, critically acclaimed Maggie O’Dell series and a new series featuring former marine, Ryder Creed and his K9 dogs. Her stand-alone novel, One False Move, was chosen for the 2006 One Book One Nebraska and her political thriller, Whitewash, was one of January Magazine’s best thrillers of the year. Published in over thirty-four countries, and selling 6+ million copies, Alex’s novels have made the bestseller lists in the UK, Australia, Germany, Japan, Italy and Poland. She is also a co-author of the novellas Slices of Night and Storm Season with Erica Spindler and J.T. Ellison. Her novel Stranded was awarded both a Florida Book Award and the Nebraska Book Award. She is a member of the Nebraska Writers Guild and a founding member of International Thriller Writers. Alex divides her time between Omaha, Nebraska and Pensacola, Florida.