Bestselling author Jilliane Hoffman brings her years of experience prosecuting sex crimes and kidnappings to her new blockbuster thriller, PRETTY LITTLE THINGS (Vanguard Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group/September 2010), a story so gripping, that readers will never look at Facebook, MySpace, or any internet chatroom the same way ever again.

"You should never put anything in writing or in pictures that you wouldn't want to see or read on the front page of The New York Times," Elaine Emerson's mother preached on a regular basis. Thirteen-year-old Lainey would classically roll her eyes. She hated her family and school, and except for her friend Molly, stayed pretty much to herself. So when the cute boy she met in an online chatroom starting paying attention to her, Lainey was flattered. When he wanted to see her photograph, she dressed up to look older, did her makeup and nails, and sent him a picture. Then he wanted to meet. How was she going to pull this off?

Special Agent Bobby Dees, head of the Crimes Against Children (CAC) Squad for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), is called in when Lainey Emerson is reported missing. His job is to try to determine when a runaway is simply a runaway, or if something more sinister has taken place. And as successful and acclaimed as he is, the ironic truth is that his own daughter is a missing runaway, who he has been unable to find.

Then the paintings start turning up. Grotesquely distorted images of tortured teen-aged girls - each with enough detail to send law enforcement to the specific locations where their bodies are found. The walls of the CAC office are filled with photos of missing teens - how many of them have fallen victim to this murderer? Will one of them be Lainey Emerson? Or Dees' own daughter? What kind of sick serial killer are they looking for?

A seasoned writer who worked in the Miami Dade State's Attorney's Office in addition to being the Regional Legal Advisor for the FDLE, Hoffman says, "As a former prosecutor who helped draft Florida's first sexual predator registration and community notification laws, and a mother who has two cell phone and computer-equipped daughters - writing about the terrifying dangers of the Internet seemed a natural progression from my previous books."

PRETTY LITTLE THINGS is a fast-paced story that will leave readers wondering just who is waiting on the other side of that cyber door, every time they or their children log on to the Internet.

Jilliane Hoffman was an Assistant State Attorney in Miami between 1992 and 1996. Until 2001 she was the Regional Law Advisor for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, advising special agents on complex investigations including narcotics, homicide, and organized crime. She lives in Florida. PRETTY LITTLE THINGS is her fourth novel, following the international bestsellers Retribution, Last Witness, and Plea of Insanity.

Please visit www.jillianehoffman.com and www.prettylittlethingsbook.com for more information.