Fifteen years ago, newspaper reporter Alex Chapa made a name for himself when he broke the story of Kenny Lee Grubb's capture, after police were led to the killer's house by ten-year-old Annie Sykes. Now, less than a week before Grubb is scheduled to be executed, Chapa is summoned to the prison for a final interview. But instead of engaging in the usual death row topics of remorse and religious conversion, the killer boasts that his work continues. Not only is someone retracing his deadly steps, but Grubb assures Chapa that Annie Sykes, now a woman in her mid-twenties, will be the copycat's final tribute.

This sends Chapa on a quest to find Grubb's last victim, the one that got away, to save the young woman from a fate the killer planned for her fifteen years earlier. But Chapa isn't the only one searching for the elusive Annie Sykes. And Annie isn't the only one whose life needs to be saved...

"Sometimes a book comes along that invigorates and breathes new life into a genre. Henry Perez's Killing Red is just such a novel. Here is a debut that blends mystery and suspense into a riveting thriller. Intense, lightning-paced, brilliantly executed, Killing Red is a novel that demands to be read in one sitting. A sensational and amazing debut!" -- James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Judas Strain

"Fascinating! Killing Red is not for the faint of heart. It kept me turning pages long into the night." -- Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author

"Killing Red is an intense, smart read, and Alex Chapa is a character of flesh and blood. A terrific debut--bravo!" -- Marcus Sakey, award winning author of Good People, At the City's Edge, and The Blade Itself

"Killing Red heralds a meteoric debut! Compulsively readable, crafted with surgical skill, Henry Perez's first novel tells a decade-spanning story of how evil can plant its seeds in the most mundane of all places and then spread like kudzu.Not since Thomas Harris burst onto the scene with Black Sunday has a debut thriller come along that sinks its hooks this deep into a reader from page one. Here's a public service message to all thriller lovers: Do not start this book at night if you want to get any sleep, because you will be up until you cross the finish line - pulse racing, skin sweaty - but happy as hell you decided to go on this magnificent thrill ride. Highest recommendation!" -- Jay Bonansinga, national bestselling author of Perfect Victim, Shattered, Twisted, and Frozen

"Great! Fast, frightening, and pure literary dynamite. Killing Red is the best debut thriller I have ever read." -- J.A. Konrath, award winning author of Whiskey Sour, Fuzzy Navel, and Dirty Martini

"Henry Perez has crafted an astonishing debut thriller that showcases both his reporter's eye for detail and some serious writing chops. Fasten your seatbelt and prepare for a sleepless night. Once you pick up Killing Red, you won't put it down." -- Sean Chercover, award winning author of Trigger City and Big City, Bad Blood

Henry Perez has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than a decade. Born in Cuba, he immigrated to the U.S. at a young age, and lives in the Chicago area with his wife and children. Killing Red is his first novel.