A gruelling knife-edge crime novel: contains descriptions of extreme violenceGreenwich south-east London. The Met’s crack murder squad is called out by nervous CID detectives to a grim discovery. Five bodies have been found all young women all ritualistically murdered dumped on wasteland near the Millennium Dome. When a post-mortem examination reveals a singular horrific signature linking the victims officers realize that they are on the trail of the most dangerous offender known to the force: a sexual serial killer. Detective Inspector Jack Caffery young driven unshockable finds himself facing hostility within the force and echoes of his past in this. Tortured by a death long ago that he might have prevented he now employs every weapon forensic science can offer he knows time is limited; this sadistic killer will strike again.
Mo Hayder has written some of the most terrifying crime thrillers you will ever read. Her books are 100% authentic, drawing on her long research association with several UK police forces and on her pe... more