Perfect Crime

Perfect Crime
Helen Fields

‘Highly recommended’ JAMES OSWALD‘Deliciously dark and gritty’ CAROLINE MITCHELLYour darkest moment is your most vulnerable…Stephen Berry is about to jump off a bridge until a suicide prevention counsellor stops him. A week later, Stephen is dead. Found at the bottom of a cliff, DI Luc Callanach and DCI Ava Turner are drafted in to investigate whether he jumped or whether he was pushed…As they dig deeper, more would-be suicides roll in: a woman found dead in a bath; a man violently electrocuted. But these are carefully curated deaths – nothing like the impulsive suicide attempts they’ve been made out to be.Little do Callanach and Turner know how close their perpetrator is as, across Edinburgh, a violent and psychopathic killer gains more confidence with every life he takes…An unstoppable crime thriller from the #1 bestseller. The perfect read for fans of Karin Slaughter and M. J. Arlidge.

PERFECT CRIME

Helen Fields

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2019

Copyright © Helen Fields 2019

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Source ISBN: 9780008275204

Ebook Edition © April 2019 ISBN: 9780008275228

Version: 2019-02-25

Dedication (#ulink_79eccd40-aafe-5a58-b844-6e781879ea75)

For my mum, Christine May Fields.

Leading by example, inspiring through toil, loving with gestures, even when the words were hard to say.

Contents

Cover (#uc836db5a-7166-5cfe-bd11-0fabf56dcca6)

Title Page (#u3a1a5f06-d884-5369-a499-2acb75d305dd)

Copyright (#ub8d3a420-8951-5868-910c-a4b0718a7c61)

Dedication (#u8f4d09cc-b4ae-5894-8c0d-c1609f8808f0)

Chapter One: 20 February (#ubda2cf4e-2909-5ac1-8c71-da31aa993c4f)

Chapter Two: 3 March (#u33a0fcbe-359f-5fa6-9894-f7c391fd35e5)

Chapter Three: 3 March (#u5c27892e-0137-54bf-b2a6-1395e257940f)

Chapter Four: 4 March (#u3d754519-43fb-597c-8023-31b0e3c73c80)

Chapter Five: 4 March (#u6270298e-e32a-5380-9c60-9d97dc369c7f)

Chapter Six: 4 March (#u3e711ee7-532d-5e03-a48e-1fc2ae5007e1)

Chapter Seven: 4 March (#uf45df928-f56d-5967-b281-a9c72f22bd60)

Chapter Eight: 4 March (#ua493c935-3321-50db-8206-67e912bcbc47)

Chapter Nine: Before (#uaa9a589b-a83b-508a-96a2-0a7286697cfb)

Chapter Ten: 5 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven: 5 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve: 5 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: 5 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: 6 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: 6 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: 8 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: 10 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: 10 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: 10 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: 10 March (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One: 11 March (#litres_trial_promo)