Fear Nothing

In Gardner's latest D.D. Warren thriller (after Catch Me), the Boston detective is recovering from an attack she can't remember, except for somone singing a lullaby. Now she's got a seriously messed-up arm and isn't sure if she'll ever be able to return to the work she loves. In the meantime, her team is investigating a murder that is too eerily reminiscent of those committed by a now dead serial killer. When the copycat killer breaks into D.D.'s home and leaves her flowers, she is pulled back into the investigation, which eventuallly leads to the the two daughters of the orginal serial killer and the question of nature versus nurture. One daughter is an imprisoned murderer, and the other a psychiatrist who counsels patients in pain management techniques and who is incapable of experiencing pain herself. Can you inherit murderous genes? Does living in the home of a monstrous man make you into a killer? These are questions Detective Warren must answer.