Summertime in London. Alfresco drinks, park picnics, and a killer getting away
with murder.
Detective Chief Inspector Parker is hunting a ghost. A violent murderer who leaves no
DNA at the crime scenes and evades CCTV. How is that possible in one of the most
surveilled cities in the world?
There’s nothing to connect the victims either, other than a card with the female symbol on it left in each one’s mouth.
With few clues, the investigation is floundering. Can DCI Parker stay focused even when everything connected to the case starts to feel too close, too familiar, bringing up dark memories he’d rather forget?
To prevent another gruesome crime, he’s going to have to set aside his emotions. But that’s assuming the killer will let him…
TA Müller-King was born in Cape Town, did a post-graduate degree at the London
School of Journalism, and worked in magazines for many years.
But an obsession with crime novels was a lifelong thing. As was the desire to merge fiction with real issues, to create stories that entertain but also make you think.
In her first series, that happens with the help of DCI Spider Parker and DS Grace Regan, who stepped out of her head and came to life on the page.
She writes in London and Spain, where she lives with her family – her husband and
their two cats.
My thoughts: In a world where violence against women and girls seems never-ending, it’s not really a surprise that someone (even fictionally) decides to take revenge on the sort of people who add to the misery, like a judge who let’s a rapist walk.
Unfortunately taking the law into your own hands is a crime and DCI Peter Parker, known as Spider (for obvious reasons) and his team are assigned the case, which is tricky as there’s not a lot to go on. The killer seems to be forensically aware and leaves no trace, just a sort-of calling card.
As Spider works on the case, he’s distracted by other things, often disappearing on his team, and being unfocused when he is there.
This was a really interesting read and there’s a huge twist that made me gasp. I don’t know where the author intends this series to go next but I’m intrigued to find out.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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