Killing the Shadows
The Number One bestselling, award-winning Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid delivers a searing psychological suspense thriller. A serial killer is on the loose. His victims? Crime writers…
A murderer is at large, hunting with a bloodlust that shatters all the conventional wisdom on how serial killers operate.
Professor Fiona Cameron is a psychologist who uses computer technology to track serial offenders. She vowed never to work for the Met again after they went against her advice and screwed up an investigation as a result. But when her lover, thriller writer Kit Martin, tells her a fellow crime novelist has been murdered, Fiona can’t help taking an interest.
With the killer striking again, Fiona is caught in a race against time, not only to save a life, but to bring herself redemption, both personal and professional.
'She is the real mistress of psychological gripping thrillers; no-one can plot or tell a story like she can. The hairs on my neck literally stood up' Express -
'McDermid has become our leading pathologist of everyday evil… The subtle orchestration of terror is masterful' Guardian -
'Dark, clever and timely' Scotland on Sunday -
Praise for Val McDermid: -
'Val McDermid is a roaring Ferrari amid the crowded traffic on the crime-writing road' Independent -
”'Manchester's answer to Thomas Harris” - Guardian