DCI Colin Ray has his hands full; a well-known financier and his wife
have died in a fire, which appears to be a case of arson while at the
same time his wife Grace is in a hospice on the verge of dying. Ray is
trying to hold it all together. The result is that his DI, Rhoda Martin
has requested Acting Detective Superintendent William Lorimer to review
the now retired DCI's handling of the case.
At the same time, Maggie Lorimer's mother suffers a stroke. Lorimer is
surprised when he is told by Ray that his Chief Constable had told not
to look too deeply into the couple who had died in the fire.
A few days into the review, DI Martin is called out to what a woman
calls a mugging of her neighbour. The son of the victim shows Martin
her diary in which she has written about a cyclist who appears to
possibly be stalking her. DC Kate Clark is sure it is murder because it
matched a similar case from earlier, Martin isn't ready to accept the
coincidence. When a third death occurs in suspicious circumstances
coincidence can no longer be accepted. A serial killer is on the loose.
Lorimer asks his psychologist friend, Solomon Brightman, to take a look
at the case. At first Solomon had thought a woman could be the killer,
but he revises his idea after seeing the crime scenes. He also feels
that the killer could strike again. Can Lorimer and his team catch the
killer before he or she strikes again?
Author Alex Gray really builds up the tension in this murder mystery.
The reader has at least three killers in mind throughout the book, but
which one is it? Only in the final pages do you come to realise it. An
excellent read.
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