title: Crucifying Angel
author: Barrington, P.I.
description: It's 2032 and there's a new high stakes game in Sin City. The deadly combination of a mysterious cult, a serial killer, and a growing list of victims is the payout for the disintegrating city of Las Vegas. The ozone is gone, casino skeletons stand half-built and much of the city has ground to a halt. Homicide Detectives Payce Halligan and her new partner, British ex-DCI Gavin McAllister, are the last of a handful of dwindling law enforcement, search to apprehend the serial killer who crucifies women upside down and carves his initials into their bodies as his signature.
   The trail leads to The New Creation, a cult that leaves them with more questions than answers and as their attraction to each other grows both struggle to deal with the past. When Payce suddenly goes missing from The Amazon casino, Gavin begins a desperate search to find her and teams up with an unlikely partner, 15-year-old James, a computer wiz with an electro-magnetic brain implant.
   The chase leads them underground to a maze of tunnels in an abandoned research center that they must navigate to find both Payce, and James' girlfriend Edana. Will they find them before The Crucifying Angel carves his initials on them as his final victim?