Title: First rate page turner with a very dark bent
Review: I'd read The Devil of Nanking and Pig Island years ago and both were fantastic. Didn't realize Mo Hayder had started a detective series until recently. I was initially worried that she had ventured into the world of Patricia Cornwall, Tess Gerritsen, Michael Connolly, etc. (all of which are perfectly fine reads, don't get me wrong), but this is serial murderer thriller Mo Hayder style, like you've never seen it. Dark, dark, and more dark is all I can say. She has such an unabashed fear of writing about dark material - necrophilia, rape, murder, incest, pedophilia. There are scenes from this book that still haunt me. Incredible!As a plus, Jack Caffery, the DI protagonist, is a wonderful hero. He's tortured and incredibly sexy. I loved the romance subplot between and him and one of the victims' circle of friends.
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