It is the weekend and Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has been called
out to a chicken farm where a body has been found. He takes along his
Sergeant Glenn Branson. Identification of the body is going to be
difficult because it is missing its head and limbs. Why had this been
done to the victim?
The following morning, Cleo, Grace's pregnant
fiancé, discovers her car has been vandalised and a threat made to her
baby. At the same time, Grace has been brought in to headquarters. He
is tasked with protecting a famous actress, Gaia Lafayette, who is going
to be shooting a movie in Brighton. As an aside, Grace is told that
Amis Smallbone has been released from prison. He had threatened Grace
after Grace was responsible for sending him to prison.
Later more
body parts are discovered in a rural lake. This time there is no
torso, nor head. The pathologist feels that the limbs might have been
frozen. Despite the missing head, DNA analysis and a missing persons
report allows the team to identify the victim. It turns out that the
victim is obsessed with all things Gaia.
Once again, author Peter
James has written an intensely, gripping murder mystery full of
surprises. It is a real page turner, hard to put down.
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