Book description
It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at
Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in
front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second
body is discovered at the back of King's Cross station. It is a grisly
coincidence that eerily echoes the murder of two other women, stabbed to
death months before on the same day… It is DI Tom Thorne who sees the
link and comes to the horrifying conclusion. This is not a serial killer
the police are up against. This is two of them. Finding the body used to
be the worst part of the job. Not any more. Now each time a body is
found, Thorne must live with the knowledge that somewhere out there is a
second victim, waiting to be discovered. But the whilst the methods
might be the same Thorne comes to realise that he is hunting two very
different killers. One is ruthless and in control, while his partner in
crime is submissive, compliant, terrified. Thorne must catch a man whose
need to manipulate is as great as his need to kill; a man who will
threaten those closest to Thorne himself; a man, who will show him that
the ability to inspire terror is the deadliest weapon of all… Mark
Billingham is a stand-up comedian, appearing regularly at the Comedy
Store. He has also written drama for children's television, including
Knight School which won the Royal Television Society Award for best
children's drama.
