

They suggest either human sacrifice or righteous punishment. A brilliant forensic semiotician, Evan decodes the etchings as Viking Age runes. Chicago detective Addie Bisset knows only one man who can decipher the message left by the killer: her friend Dr.

On the muddy banks of the Calumet River, a body has been found posed next to a series of mysterious glyphs and bearing wounds from a ritualistic slaying. In this heart-stopping novel by the Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author of the Sydney Rose Parnell series, words can kill.
