When a legendary serial killer resurfaces after two decades, Detective Sarah Chen discovers the deadliest case of her career-and a conspiracy that murdered her parents. Twenty years ago, a killer known only as "The Spider" terrorized the city, leaving seven bodies suspended in intricate webs of steel cable. Then the murders stopped. The case went cold. The Spider vanished. Until now. When Detective Sarah Chen arrives at a crime scene to find a body hanging from Riverside Bridge in the Spider's signature pattern, she knows the nightmare has begun again. But this time, the victims aren't random-they're all connected to her elite high school's Class of 1983. The same class her parents belonged to before they died in a "car accident" when Sarah was sixteen. As bodies accumulate with terrifying speed, Sarah uncovers a conspiracy reaching back forty years: stolen money, covered-up murder, and corruption extending into the highest levels of city government. The Spider isn't just killing for revenge-they're systematically exposing a web of lies that powerful people have protected for decades. But when Sarah discovers the Spider's true identity and learns that the conspiracy architect ordered her parents' deaths, she faces an impossible choice: uphold her oath as a police officer, or step aside and let a serial killer deliver the only justice the system couldn't provide. Her decision will cost her everything-her career, her freedom, and her certainty about right and wrong. Because sometimes the line between law and justice isn't just blurred. Sometimes there is no line at all. For fans of Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Mystic River comes a gripping psychological thriller that asks: When the system fails, who decides what justice looks like?"A masterful exploration of moral complexity wrapped in a pulse-pounding thriller. The Spider Returns doesn't just keep you guessing-it forces you to question everything you believe about justice." -Advance Praise "Sarah Chen is the detective we need for our complicated times-flawed, honest, and willing to face impossible choices. This book will haunt you long after the final page." -Advance Praise Content Warning: This novel contains themes of murder, conspiracy, corruption, and explores morally complex situations involving vigilante justice. Reader discretion is advised.