Killing Ways

Killing Ways
Alex Barclay

Dark times lie ahead for Special Agent Ren Bryce and the Rocky Mountains Safe Streets Task Force in the heart-stopping new thriller from the bestselling author of DARKHOUSE and BLOOD LOSS.In the game of vengeance, he holds a killer hand.In her most shocking case yet, FBI Special Agent Ren Bryce takes on a depraved serial killer fuelled by a warped sense of justice.A master of evasion, each life he takes ramps up Ren’s obsession with finding him. Then one victim changes everything and brings Ren face to face with a detective whose life was destroyed by the same pursuit.Together, can they defeat this monster? Or will he take them both down?

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This is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Praise for Alex Barclay: (#uec5b7518-c87b-5cf1-8417-13f4ed28e2a9)

‘The rising star of the hard-boiled crime fiction world, combining wild characters, surprising plots and massive backdrops with a touch of dry humour’

Mirror

‘Tense, no-punches-pulled thriller that will have you on the edge of your deckchair’

Woman and Home

‘Explosive’

Company

‘Darkhouse is a terrific debut by an exciting new writer’

Independent on Sunday

‘Compelling’

Glamour

‘Excellent summer reading … Barclay has the confidence to move her story along slowly, and deftly explores the relationships between her characters’

Sunday Telegraph

‘The thriller of the summer’

Irish Independent

‘If you haven’t discovered Alex Barclay, it’s time to jump on the bandwagon’

Image Magazine

Dedication (#uec5b7518-c87b-5cf1-8417-13f4ed28e2a9)

To Moira Reilly,

Thank you for being your warm, wise, and wonderful self.

With you here, the book begins on the perfect note.

Table of Contents

Cover (#uddb1895a-6e68-51e8-91a9-7fb8bbba9984)

Title Page (#ubf94ed82-f2a8-5a4a-bec8-9aca2788fc34)

Copyright (#u842af017-bfd7-5df9-84b5-1bbedde33c38)

Praise for Alex Barclay (#u99173b15-2bba-52f8-adad-7fd952bbe2ef)

Dedication (#u7310678f-0dd1-50d0-93d8-f39b49ded778)

Prologue (#uf52a21b7-285a-523d-9fef-d32ce16dfb37)

Chapter 1 (#u93aa5502-48b1-52fd-b5df-11b62197fa92)

Chapter 2 (#ubdcb7a85-169f-5f67-9aa1-e70fbfae75ba)

Chapter 3 (#uf6bccfd3-513e-5c81-ab15-28fedbfb96fc)

Chapter 4 (#u1bb38216-ee98-5e9a-a297-11744657613d)

Chapter 5 (#ubc562aa0-5a67-5694-bdb1-c622f2fe3f37)