Perfect Death: The gripping new crime book you won’t be able to put down!

Perfect Death: The gripping new crime book you won’t be able to put down!
Helen Fields

‘Relentless pace, devilish cleverness and a laser-sharp focus on plot.’ Chris Brookmyre‘Without doubt, this is one of the best detective series I have read.’ Woman’s Way MagazineYour new addiction starts here: get hooked on the #1 bestselling series. Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter and M.J. Arlidge.There’s no easy way to die…Unknown to DI Luc Callanach and the newly promoted DCI Ava Turner, a serial killer has Edinburgh firmly in his grip. The killer is taking his victims in the coldest, most calculating way possible – engineering slow and painful deaths by poison, with his victims entirely unaware of the drugs flooding their bloodstream until it’s too late.But how do you catch a killer who hides in the shadows? A killer whose pleasure comes from watching pain from afar? Faced with their most difficult case yet, Callanach and Turner soon realise they face a seemingly impossible task…‘A very sinister premise and an intriguing killer’s voice. Highly recommended.’ James Oswald

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2018

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Source ISBN: 9780008181611

Ebook Edition © January 2018 ISBN: 9780008181628

Version 2018-06-20

Dedication (#u6a9cbf04-4119-553e-bfcd-14f848a6a424)

For Sollie

Changing the world one great big smile at a time. Remember this, my darling boy – there are no limits to what you can achieve. None at all. You take my breath away.

Table of Contents

Cover (#u013d2cac-8b8e-5b7f-8b83-5862427c9f28)

Title Page (#ub83154a0-6d51-5f5e-b6af-95fee2909f3a)

Copyright (#u4f25defd-50fd-5ea9-a143-6453d00f1840)

Dedication (#u8b04b975-ab3d-51cd-a214-72314e993636)

Chapter One (#u47c0f6f7-2857-5041-ad98-bca135f90521)

Chapter Two (#u6dcd0e40-d3fb-54f6-acab-da82481152b6)

Chapter Three (#udccb7c07-34a8-597f-9d89-87fe8b750f78)

Chapter Four (#u689bed32-2241-58b0-b984-806657501184)

Chapter Five (#uf17f3504-e33b-5174-a14c-89c8f996c1cd)

Chapter Six (#u040d5146-241d-5b27-b103-2e26a01c8087)

Chapter Seven (#uc7dc5429-9056-54ab-9bcb-2bd7e247af82)

Chapter Eight (#u8f07eca2-4036-5f02-b5bf-ca2d3392bb52)

Chapter Nine (#ud7d08b95-4973-5f86-9f71-59cdf441874d)

Chapter Ten (#u8691cf1d-8e0d-5fcc-a922-6904bf7359b1)

Chapter Eleven (#u26c9d09b-b131-54bd-b009-17e329bdfba1)

Chapter Twelve (#uc3de2294-1cc6-5ef0-9db9-111b44b9a999)

Chapter Thirteen (#u04af6400-73da-50ed-a96e-58f1688a3b74)

Chapter Fourteen (#ua54d2994-75c2-5c65-928d-1853b8d4c828)

Chapter Fifteen (#u25174094-06e7-5654-ae45-157e167ce8e6)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)