A disturbing and gruesome serial killer is on the loose with a distinct calling card: after every murder, he stages his victim’s body with meticulous attention to detail—perfectly dressed, perfectly made-up, and pinned with the disconcerting message “NOT HER.” This serial killer won’t settle for anything less than perfection. Forensics expert Ellen Harper is assigned to investigate the bizarre string of crimes. Reeling from a recent divorce, she channels her emotions and energy into protecting the women of Chicago from the deranged killer. To complicate matters, Brice Rogers, a good-looking detective with some issues of his own, is working the case at her side. As the body count climbs, Ellen must attempt to conquer her own demons, piece together the workings of a mind born of hate, and find the murderer before he kills again. And again. Revised edition: This edition of Drop Dead Perfect includes editorial revisions.

Special Agent Sophie Lee reluctantly takes over an FBI profiling workshop when Manny Williams, her long time partner and profiler elite, is suddenly called away from the conference in Chicago. During the Q& A after the presentation, she meets Ellen Harper, the CPD's finest CSI and they hit it off. Then Ellen receives a call and the conference becomes a memory as the two unlikely partners are drawn into one of the most bizarre double murders in recent Chicago history... and this killer isn't done as Sophie and Ellen soon discover. Death stalks even them. Not everyone will see a new sunrise over Lake Michigan, will they?

Forensics expert Ellen Harper is pulled out of bed in the early morning by her dad, Captain Big Harv Patterson of the Chicago Police Department to process a murder scene in one of Chicago's ritziest neighborhoods. On top of that, he tells her to keep it quiet until she's arrives and talks to him. Strange for a man like Big Harv. Why? What comes next borders on bizarre and without doubt, Ellen's most intense case to date. It doesn't take long for her to realize more people will die, but who?