Edgy Brit Steve Mosby (author of the splendid Dark Room) specialises in fiction that takes no prisoners, and is guaranteed to take readers into very dangerous territory – in which the protagonist’s ill-advised behaviour usually has violent results.
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The Dark Room ... it's the place where fear comes from.
DI Hicks must face not only a killer obsessed with randomness and chaos, but also the secret in his own past. If he is to stop the killings, he must confront the truth about himself and the fact that some murders begin in much darker places than he ever imagined.
DI Andrew Hicks thinks he knows all about murder. For Hicks, however horrific the act, the reasons behind killing are ultimately all too explicable. So when a woman is found bludgeoned to death, he suspects a crime of passion and attention focuses on her possessive ex-husband.
But when a second body is found, similarly beaten, Hicks is forced to think again about his suspect: the second victim is a homeless man with no links to the other woman. When more murders take place in quick succession, Hicks realises he is dealing with a type of killer he has never faced before, one who fits nowhere within his logic. Fear spreads, as the police search for patterns and reasons where none appear to exist.
Then the letters begin to arrive...As the death toll rises, the threat gets closer to home...
"A serial killer saga that's more intelligent than one of Jo Nesbo's but just as thrilling. DAILY TELEGRAPH - Jake Kerridge
''Steve Mosby has garnered considerable acclaim for his works of crime fiction, and Dark Room serves to reaffirm his talent.'' SUNDAY BUSINESS POST
''Steve Mosby has garnered considerable acclaim for his works of crime fiction, and Dark Room serves to reaffirm his talent.'' SUNDAY BUSINESS POST
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About Steve Mosby
Steve Mosby lives and works in Leeds. He is the author of THE THIRD PERSON, THE CUTTING CREW, THE 50/50 KILLER, CRY FOR HELP, STILL BLEEDING and BLACK FLOWERS. His novels have been translated widely and longlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year Award and CWA Dagger in the Library. Find out more at: www.theleftroom.co.uk.
Steve Mosby was the Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library 2012.
