Two local prostitutes are found brutally strangled.

Serrailler is called back urgently from his sabbatical but by the time he reaches Lafferton another girl has vanished.

Then the wife of the Dean at the Cathedral goes missing – has the killer widened their net or is there more than one murderer at large?

‘Exhilarating’ Independent

When two prostitutes are found brutally strangled to death, Detective Simon Serrailler is called urgently back from his sabbatical.

But by the time he reaches the town of Lafferton another girl has vanished.

Then the wife of the Dean at the Cathedral goes missing.

Has the killer widened their net or is there more than one murderer at large?

‘Brilliantly compelling’ Daily Mirror

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