The Tenth Cross

There were ten crucifixes. Only six girls were found.

But he remembers them all—by name, by ritual, by blood.

When a quiet college student vanishes from her apartment, Officer Daleen Rice knows the pattern all too well. No forced entry. No witnesses. A blinking cursor on an unfinished essay. She’s seen it before—five times, to be exact. And each time, the ending is the same: a girl lost, a crucifix missing, and a ghost behind the camera who calls them all Mary.

He stalks. He captures. He performs.

But this time, the story might not follow the script.

Told in fractured voices—victim, detective, and killer—Danny Boy is a brutal, intimate descent into the dual minds of a predator and the man he used to be. What begins as a calculated abduction spirals into a war of identity, control, and conscience. Because Ron wants out. Danny refuses to let go.

Fans of The Silence of the Lambs, The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum, or the psychological unraveling of You by Caroline Kepnes will find this story both disturbing and unforgettable. H.J. Wilkins crafts a haunting, character-driven portrait of evil—not as a monster in the shadows, but as a sickness that knows your name, your face, your prayers.

This is not a whodunit. It’s a how-far-will-it-go.

And when the tape stops rolling, someone will be left watching.

Note: Contains mature themes, violence, and psychological intensity. For adult readers.