The Tiger Told Me Who the Killer Was

From the back cover

Samuelle is twenty-four and works a temporary job at the city zoo. Since a high fever a month ago, she has been able to hear what animals are thinking. One afternoon, the tiger Charlie tells her that a man in a baseball cap reeks of a little girl's blood and carries a freshly sharpened knife. Three young women have vanished in the city within a week, and the task force has found no trace of them. Samuelle calls the police, but the man slips away through the side gate, and she cannot explain how she knew.

Days later, a stray cat near the back gate tells her about a white van that passes every night, carrying the muffled crying of a woman, and stops at an abandoned factory down the dead-end road. Samuelle passes the lead to Officer Clinton, who warns her not to go there herself. Then a fourth woman disappears, and an unknown caller with an authoritative voice asks for her by name.