Last Witness

A terrifying serial killer thriller which fans of Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwell, and Karin Slaughter will love. 
 
 'Like Patterson or Cornwell, Hoffman creates vivid, engrossing crime investigations' Time Out 
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 Two years ago William Bantling was put on death row by Florida's Assistant State Attorney, CJ Townsend - for the torture and murder of eleven young women. 
 
But now the three cops crucial to Bantling's conviction have been brutally slain. 
 
And what's more, CJ knew them all - and the shocking secret they took to their graves. 
 
 But it's clear that somebody else also knows the truth - though their reasons for wanting it kept quiet are very different to CJ's. 
 
Which leaves her with a terrifying choice: reveal the secret she swore to keep and stay alive - or be its last witness, and the next to die . . . 
 
 Praise for Jilliane Hoffman: 
 
 'Intensely readable' Guardian 
 
'Grim and gripping' Crimespree 
 
 'Writes like an angel' Independent on Sunday 
 
'Hugely readable' Daily Mirror

Jilliane Hoffman was an Assistant State Attorney between 1992 and 1996. Until 2001 she was the regional advisor for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement advising special agents on complex investigations including narcotics, homicide and organised crime. She lives in Florida.

EVIL SEES YOU 
 
Two years ago William Bantling was put on death row by Florida's Assistant State Attorney, CJ Townsend - for the torture and murder of eleven young women. 
 
EVIL HEARS YOU 
 
Now three cops crucial to Bantling's conviction have been brutally slain. CJ knew them all - and the shocking secret they took to their graves. 
 
EVIL KNOWS YOU 
 
But it's clear that somebody else also knows the truth - though their reasons for wanting it kept quiet are very different to CJ's. Which leaves her with a terrifying choice: reveal the secret she swore to keep and stay alive - or be its last witness, and the next to die . . .

Retribution

THE THRILLING PAGE-TURNER FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER JILLIANE HOFFMAN 
 
'Intensely readable. A tale of personal horror, thrills and vengeance' Guardian 
 
One terrible night in New York City, brilliant law student Chloe Larson is brutally attacked in her own home - and her life is changed for ever . . . 
 
LIFE OR DEATH? 
 
Twelve years later and calling herself CJ, she's a State Attorney in Florida when the hunt for a sadistic serial killer called Cupid appears to be over. But for CJ, the terror is only just beginning . . . 
 
KILLER OR VICTIM? 
 
Because if Cupid is the same man who left her former self for dead all those years ago, the price of vengeance might be her career - and her sanity. But if he isn't, the truth could cost CJ a whole lot more . . . 
 
JUSTICE OR RETRIBUTION? 
 
Praise for Jilliane Hoffman: 
 
'Grim and gripping' Crimespree 
 
'Writes like an angel' Independent on Sunday 
 
'Hugely readable' Daily Mirror

Intensely readable. A tale of personal horror, thrills and vengeance

One terrible night in New York City, brilliant law student Chloe Larson is brutally attacked in her own home - and her life is changed for ever . . . 
 
LIFE OR DEATH? 
 
Twelve years later and calling herself CJ, she's a State Attorney in Florida when the hunt for a sadistic serial killer called Cupid appears to be over. But for CJ, the terror is only just beginning . . . 
 
KILLER OR VICTIM? 
 
Because if Cupid is the same man who left her former self for dead all those years ago, the price of vengeance might be her career - and her sanity. But if he isn't, the truth could cost CJ a whole lot more . . . 
 
JUSTICE OR RETRIBUTION?

Jilliane Hoffman

The defendant - David Marquette. Devoted husband and father. 
 
The victims - His own family. 
 
The plea - Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. 
 
But the State suspects Marquette's insanity defence is being fabricated to disguise murders that were cold-blooded and calculated. Worse, it believes Marquette may be a suspect in a string of unsolved homicides, which would make him one of the most prolific and elusive serial killers in Florida's history. 
 
The trial will take young prosecutor Julia Valenciano on a painful personal journey back to a past she has struggled for fifteen years to forget. And it will bring her face to face with a future that is so frightening, she's not sure she ever wants to face it.

Jilliane Hoffman

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