# The Killing House

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- Book: [The Killing House](https://www.bookquiver.com/chris-mooney/the-killing-house) ([The Killing House.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/chris-mooney/the-killing-house.md))
- Authors: [Chris Mooney](https://www.bookquiver.com/chris-mooney)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4104-951-9
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2012-08-16
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Rule #1: Don't Scream Four years ago, Theresa Herrera's ten-year-old son Rico was abducted. The police found little evidence and the case went cold. Theresa's husband has told her to move on, but she won't give up hope. Rule #2: Don't call the police Today a mysterious woman invaded Theresa's home and told her that Rico is alive. Theresa talks on the phone to a young man who is, without question, her son. Rule #3: Don't run. Don't fight The woman promises to reunite Theresa with Rico only if she will follow the rules. But it is the last rule that fills Theresa with horror . . . Rule #4: Kill your husband and your son will live. . . Malcolm Fletcher - a former FBI profiler and now the nation's Most Wanted fugitive - arrives in Colorado to help Theresa and her husband find their son. But his arrival coincides with a dangerous and shocking twist in the case. Barely surviving his first encounter with a suspect, Fletcher embarks on his own secret investigation, with the police just behind him every step of the way.