{"product_id":"2940169338393","title":"Before He Takes (A Mackenzie White Mystery-Book 4)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Blake Pierce, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOnce Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, comes book #4 in the heart-pounding Mackenzie White mystery series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBefore He Takes\u003c\/i\u003e (A Mackenzie White Mystery¿Book 4), newly minted FBI agent Mackenzie White is ordered to take on a new and disturbing case. Women are going missing in rural Iowa, and a pattern is emerging. It is feared a serial killer is on a rampage, his pace increasing. Given her Midwestern roots, Mackenzie is chosen as the perfect fit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Mackenzie is reluctant to return to the Midwest, this time to a starkly rural setting that reminds her too much of her upbringing, of her own ghosts in her closet. She also seeks her own father¿s murderer, with darkness haunting her at every turn of her trip. Plunged deep into the world of farms, of silos, of slaughterhouses, of long stretches on empty highways, Mackenzie feels as if she¿s falling back into the depths of her psyche, and into the nightmares she always feared to face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the deadly game of cat-and-mouse, she finally realizes the psychosis of the killer she is up against, and comes to realize that the land of her upbringing is holding even darker and more twisted horrors than she could imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, \u003ci\u003eBefore He Takes\u003c\/i\u003e is book #4 in a riveting series¿with a beloved new character¿that will leave you listening late into the night.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark MacNicol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122993840368,"sku":"2940169338393","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169338393_p0.jpg?v=1763679730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169338393","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}