When an Edinburgh serial killer is murdered in prison, his deadly legacy lives on to claim more victims in this ';engrossing' Scottish detective mystery (Publishers Weekly).For ten years, a gruesome Christmastime tradition terrorized Edinburgh. Each year as the holiday approached, a young woman's body was foundnaked, throat slit, body washed clean. The final victim, Kirsty Summers, was Detective Constable Tony McLeans fiancee. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake, and McLean finally put an end to the horror.Now, twelve years later, a fellow prisoner has just murdered the incarcerated Christmas Killer. But with the arrival of the festive season comes a body. A young woman: naked, washed, her throat cut. Is this a copycat killer? Was the wrong man behind bars all this time? Or is there a more frightening explanation? McLean must revisit the most disturbing case of his life and discover what he missed before the killer strikes again.';Oswald's detective gives John Rebus a run for his money in this noirish page-turner.'Kirkus
| ISBN: | 9780544317901 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2014 |
| Author: | Oswald, James |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |