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Scent of a Killer – Book Review
By Angela Youngman Aug 19, 2010, 13:56 GMT
The hunter has become the prey! The headless corpses of three men are found in a London side street. Their mutilated torsos are witness to an unspeakably agonizing death. It becomes chillingly clear that this discovery is a horrific message to the Metropolitan Police - and to one officer in particular. DI Stacey Collins finds herself on the hunt for a psychopathic killer. But it would seem that this is ...more
A chilling story of murder set in modern day London. Headless, handless bodies of men tortured to death are found in a London side street. Other bodies soon follow. Why are they being killed in this way? What are the links between them?
The net gets even wider when an innocent police officer investigating a paedophile contacting a young girl over the internet is murdered in the same way. DI Stacey Collins is part of the hunt for the killer, only to find that she is in the firing line when her daughter goes missing.
At the same time, she is being investigated by the Internal Affairs department over her links with a local crime lord. The action is fast and furious. The writing is superb, you really feel you are part of the investigation trying to find answers before more innocent people are killed.
There are plenty of red herrings along the way, and the identify of the killer comes as a total surprise. But can the police make an arrest before Stacey's daughter is killed and mutilated?
Once started, you have to continue reading, it is a compelling page turner. Kevin Lewis is definitely a writer to watch out for - he has a lot of talent.
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