Dangerous Attachments by Sarah Lovett
Dangerous Attachments by Sarah Lovett
English | 2026 | Mystery & Thriller
Forensic psychologist Dr. Sylvia Strange has spent her career studying violent minds. She knows how killers think. She knows how predators manipulate. And she knows when someone should never be released.
Lucas Watson is one of those men.
When Sylvia recommends against the convicted murderer’s parole, she becomes the focus of his obsession. Watson may be locked inside a New Mexico prison, but his influence reaches far beyond the walls — into the courts, the prison system, and eventually into Sylvia’s own life.
Then another threat emerges.
A shadowy figure known only as El Chacal — the Jackal — is stalking the penitentiary, leaving behind a trail of ritualistic violence and a growing list of targets. Sylvia’s name appears on it over and over again.
As prison investigator Rosie Sanchez hunts for the elusive killer, Sylvia is drawn deeper into a web of buried family secrets, political power, and the haunting legacy of one of the deadliest prison riots in New Mexico history. With only hard-edged detective Matt England at her side, Sylvia must confront a terrifying possibility:
Someone has been studying her just as closely as she studies them.
Set against the stark beauty of Santa Fe’s high desert winter, Dangerous Attachments is a gripping psychological thriller where obsession turns deadly — and the most dangerous prison may exist inside the human mind.
For fans of Patricia Cornwell, Jeffery Deaver, and Tana French.
