Murder List by Julie Garwood Copyright 2004
Hotel Heiress Regan Hamilton Madison is flirting with danger. She agrees to help a journalist friend expose Dr. Lawrence Shields, a shady self-help guru who may have been responsible for the death of one of his vulnerable devotees. Hoping to find some damming evidence Regan attends a Shields seminar, where the doctor has his guests make a list of the people who have hurt or angered them over the years and asks “Would the world be a better place if these people ceased to exist?”. Treating the exercise as a game, Regan plays along.
The experience is all but forgotten – until the first person on Regan’s list turns up dead. Shock turns to horror when another name from her list surfaces as a corpse. While brutal murders seem to stalk Regan’s every move, her attraction to the detective assigned to protect her grows. As the menace intensifies and a serial killer circles, Regan must discover who has turned her private revenge fantasies into grisly reality.