When the first body is found, mutilated and strangled on the riverbanks, Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano suspect yet another case of random urban violence. Then it happens again. And again.
Carefully dressed and posed, each victim seems to tell a story so gruesome that Byrne and Balzano struggle at first to make sense of the killer's dark and twisted imagination. But when they stumble upon a collection of old fairy tales, the fragile link between the murders suddenly becomes clear - and with it the terrifying conclusion of the killer's plan.
Desperately, they try to anticipate the madman's next move, but as the body count rises, the killing spree spirals out of control ...
- ISBN10 0099499827
- ISBN13 9780099499824
- Publish Date 14 February 2008 (first published 5 April 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 528
- Language English