Shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010.
The second outing for Inspector Devlin where we begin to learn more about him and his colleagues but of course it’s the murders that hold the attention here, a young girl and then an ex-con – brutally crucified. This is police procedural stuff at its best. Don’t miss it.
When a young woman is found beaten to death on a building site in what appears to be a sexually-motivated killing, Devlin is distracted from his assignment of keeping tabs on Kerr. Enquiries into the murder soon point to a local bodybuilder and steroid addict. But days later, the born-again ex-con Kerr is found nailed to a tree - crucified. Increasingly torn between his young family and his job, Devlin is determined to apprehend those responsible for the murders before they strike again, even as the carnage begins to jeopardise those he cares about most.
