Book description
When Detective Chief Inspector Frank Shapiro of Castlemere CID loses
his right-hand man to a hit-and-run driver he has two major problems.
One is his sergeant, who won't accept it was an accident: Donovan is
convinced it was ordered by local crime baron Jack Carney, and he isn't
the kind of policeman to be put off by lack of evidence. The other is
that someone has chosen this moment, with CID already stretched, to
launch a career as a serial killer. But Shapiro finds a useful ally in
the inspector sent as a temporary replacement - Liz Graham, who worked
under him once before and is eager to prove herself as a senior CID
officer. She's intelligent, intuitive, and ambitious; she knows she'll
have to fight for acceptance in the overwhelmingly male-oriented world
of criminal investigation and she won't let an angry young sergeant who
resents her very presence stand in her way. With the body-count rising
and no indication that the murderer will be satisfied, Castlemere CID
tries desperately to unravel the strands. As Liz delves into the
professional and private lives of the victims she finds a link. But the
connection is so ordinary, so innocent, that she struggles to make sense
of it. Will someone else die before Liz realizes that, in the desperate
mind of the killer, innocence is hiding a terrible guilt? And the person
whose malevolent shadow has hung over them since this began remains to
be faced in a closing act of startling violence. Jo Bannister lives in
Northern Ireland, where she worked as a journalist and editor on local
newspapers. Since giving up the day job, her books have been shortlisted
for a number of awards. Most of her spare time is spent with her horse
and dog, or clambering over archaeological sites. She is currently
working on a new series ofpsychological crime/thrillers.
