Detective Elena Ward thought the nightmare ended seven years ago, when she put Vincent Greaves—the Skull Artist—behind bars. His grotesque exhibits of bone and blood nearly destroyed her career, and the disappearance of her sister Mara still leaves her haunted.
But when a new victim is found draped in a bloodstained veil, carved into a ritual that spells Elena’s name, she realizes the past is far from buried. Greaves is locked away, yet someone is continuing his work… someone who knows Elena better than she knows herself.
As the killings escalate, Elena is drawn into a labyrinth of secrets where the lines between hunter and hunted blur. With a tech-savvy analyst as her reluctant partner and a city drowning in fear, she must confront the shadows of her past before she becomes the killer’s ultimate masterpiece.
Dark, visceral, and relentless, The Veil Collector is a psychological detective thriller where obsession is art—and death is the signature.