From Jonathan Nasaw, whose heart-stopping debut was hailed as and "a superior thriller and " ( and "The Washington Post and ") and "wickedly compelling and " ( and "The Oregonian and "), comes a new novel that takes readers into the depths of and "Fear Itself and "Is it possible to be scared to death? FBI Special Agent E. L. Pender thinks so - when a man afraid of heights falls nineteen stories to his death and a woman terrified of blood is found with her wrists slashed. Could it be that the apparent suicides are actually the work of a twisted psychopath?To stop him, Pender joins forces with Investigative Specialist Linda Abruzzi, and before long they find themselves facing their own worst terrors - and a madman who is as immune to fear as he is fascinated by it.