DANGEROUS ATTACHMENTS
Dr. Sylvia Strange Book 1
As a consultant to the New Mexico prison system, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Sylvia Strange has probed the minds of some of the country’s most disturbed and dangerous criminals. But nothing prepares her for the madness of Lucas Watson.
“Wait. Be patient. You are the watcher”
In the sun-drenched high desert of Santa Fe, forensic psychologist Dr. Sylvia Strange navigates the darkest corridors of the criminal mind.
Her job is to evaluate the dangerous felons within the New Mexico justice system, serving as the final barrier between violent offenders and the innocent public. It is a profession demanding steel nerves and cold objectivity, but her latest case threatens to shatter both. When Sylvia evaluates inmate Lucas Watson, her professional instincts scream danger. Her recommendation against his parole effectively locks the gate on his freedom, but it unwittingly opens a door to a terrifying world of obsession and retribution.
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From the shadows of the prison cell block emerges a figure known only as “El Chacal”—The Jackal. A man of fractured identity and twisted theology, The Jackal views murder not as a crime, but as a divine vocation. Driven by the distorted belief that he is an instrument of God’s will, he accepts a new “task” to prove his devotion.
A simple bureaucratic decision has turned deadly. The Jackal’s hit list has expanded, and he prepares for his holy labor with chilling meticulousness. Scrawled across a sheet of paper, written one hundred times like a macabre prayer, is the name of his new target: Sylvia Strange.
Dangerous Attachments is a riveting psychological thriller that blurs the line between the hunter and the hunted. Sarah Lovett weaves a masterclass in suspense, plunging readers into a nightmare where a psychologist’s professional duty becomes a personal fight for survival against a killer who believes he has the ultimate sanction from above.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“DANGEROUS ATTACHMENTS continues to surprise and excite to the very end. An emotional, vivid thriller.”
–Vincent Bugliosi
“A chilling tale, peppered with continuous plot turns”
–San Francisco Examiner