The unit's Field Team of operatives finds themselves facing new challenges when both their old nemesis, UniPerp, and a new one arrive on the scene at the same time.
How will the team handle Hank's revelation regarding UniPerp? Can they taunt him into coming forward and being caught the same way he has been taunting them? Or will he continue to elude them? And what about the new threat: a man who communicates through what appears to be an unbreakable code? Just what is he trying to reveal?
Included in this book is a reader challenge: Can YOU break the code? Also included is Anne Fox's take on the identity of Zodiac—an unsolved case still on the FBI's books.
Anne Fox is an author (obviously), firearms instructor, former flight instructor, and holds degrees in music and biochemistry/molecular biology. She currently spends her time writing, traveling, and participating in marksmanship competitions.
Living in the desert Southwest city of El Paso, Texas, she draws heavily from her own experiences and past travels while accompanying a husband in the military to bring life to her stories. She enjoys traveling and seeing what the United States has to offer while based out of her travel trailer.
Her non-human friends include two Maine Coon cats (Sigwan and Hebert), a flock of chickens that lay blue eggs, and a pond full of goldfish. She also participates in El Paso's Community Cats program by caring for a colony of feral cats. She enjoys a host of hobbies which she also draws from for her books: rockhounding, gardening, jewelry-making, beadwork, silk flower arranging, and other crafts.
I'll state my usual bias as the author of the book. I revisited the book recently to make some minor corrections and additions to the auxiliary matter (Books in the Series, etc.).
As is typical of my books, there is a large focus on the characters rather than the typical nonstop accounts of actions within a particular plot. This one starts out with a recap of the main character's realization of the actual identity of a serial killer the team has been trying to identify since nearly the beginning of the series. The series now begins to look at the individual in order to give a better look at both what he's been doing and what his motivation is, as well as how he has managed to elude law enforcement for as long as he has.
At the same time, we see another perpetrator start on his journey from being a Marine Corps Raider to a serial killer. Are his motivations the same as that of the man the team has dubbed "UniPerp"? How will this affect "Edge"—the member of the team who also served as a Raider?
For Anne Fox fans, this book in *The Unit* Series is a real treat! For new readers...hang onto your hats! Not only do you get to follow the team members as they try track down not one, but two serial killers, you are challenged to decrypt a code that one of the villains uses to taunt law enforcement. The plot is gripping and multi-faceted, with plenty of action as well as insightful descriptions of the characters, especially the latest bad guy who we see evolve as we read. A thoroughly engrossing book!