Dr. Autumn Trent hasn't even finished the paperwork from her first official case as a federal agent before she and the rest of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit are called to Washington, DC, to investigate a series of home-invasion murders. The six victims have three things in common - they're all wealthy couples violently slain just hours before hosting a dinner party - but seemingly have no other connection.As the team joins forces with DC's Violent Crimes Unit to decipher a pattern behind the murders, there's more on Autumn's mind than just the investigation. Still haunted by the trauma she suffered at the hands of her younger brother, her best friend and fellow agent, Winter Black, has been relegated to desk duty, much to her chagrin; tension is mounting between Autumn and Agent Chris Parks, who has an ax to grind with Autumn; and Autumn's relationship with Special Supervisory Agent Aidan Parrish seems to be fizzling out before it even gets started, although she has no idea why.But a vicious predator is hungry for blood, and Autumn and her team are in a race against time to connect the dots before the killer strikes again.Autumn's Strike, the seventh book in Mary Stone's Autumn Trent Series, is an adrenaline-laced psychological thriller that will make you think twice before hosting a dinner party again.