Two bestselling authors, Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado, team up for the first in a new series featuring two people with unusual hunting skills. But Carmen Sanchez and Professor Jake Heron also have an unpleasant history.

Carmen Sanchez is a former FBI agent who now works as a Homeland Security Agent as an investigator. Normally, she obeys every rule. But, that was before her younger sister, Selina, was attacked by a man bearing a spider tattoo. Carmen suspects the man has attacked before, but she has no position to take on the case by herself. Jake Heron owes her a favor, though.

Professor Jake Heron is a private security expert who uses his hacking skills to analyze weaknesses for companies. He also teaches about intrusion, how social media can be used to discover everything in a person’s background. And, Carmen’s case interests him because he’s looking for links to the attacker’s victims.

Selina’s attacker has killed before, but she skillfully managed to evade him. Now, the man who calls himself Spider has other targets. His biggest mistake was trying to take out Carmen’s sister, and setting a relentless hunter on his trail. But, what is Spider’s true game? Is he drawing Carmen and Jake into his web?

Deaver and Maldonado’s own skills and interests are on display in this new book featuring an unusual team. Deaver has demonstrated an interest in social media and the Internet and what can go wrong. Maldonado was the first Latina to attain the rank of captain in her police department, and retired as the Commander of Special Investigations and Forensics. Her law enforcement background is obvious in this novel.

But, just a warning. Someone has a great deal of interest in spiders. If serial killers and spider information are not your thing, you might want to avoid tangling with Fatal Intrusion.

Jeffery Deaver’s website is https://www.jefferydeaver.com/

Isabella Maldonado’s website is https://isabellamaldonado.com/

Fatal Intrusion by Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado. Thomas & Mercer, 2024. ISBN 9781662518713 (hardcover), 444p.

FTC Full Disclosure – I read a galley from NetGalley in order to review the book for a journal.