Perfect Prey: The twisty new crime thriller that will keep you up all night

Perfect Prey: The twisty new crime thriller that will keep you up all night
Helen Fields

‘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.Welcome to Edinburgh. Murder capital of Europe.In the middle of a rock festival, a charity worker is sliced across the stomach. He dies minutes later. In a crowd of thousands, no one saw his attacker.The following week, the body of a primary school teacher is found in a dumpster in an Edinburgh alley, strangled with her own woollen scarf.D.I. Ava Turner and D.I. Luc Callanach have no leads and no motive – until around the city, graffitied on buildings, words appear describing each victim.It’s only when they realise the words are being written before rather than after the murders, that they understand the killer is announcing his next victim…and the more innocent the better.

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Source ISBN: 9780008181581

Ebook Edition © July 2017 ISBN: 9780008181598

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Dedication (#u2aa842e3-11d7-57ce-9f73-ea7107b1cc48)

For Brian and John - the dads and grandads - reading their newspapers in the great beyond, and wondering what all the noise down here is about. With love from those who will never forget you.

Table of Contents

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Title Page (#u315235f6-6d58-59ec-b205-0569ecc2e9a9)

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Dedication (#uaf709fb2-a525-5848-ac43-950533118da8)

Part One (#ua1c0ad78-0bfb-5750-9aea-2567ed0a9ca9)

Chapter One (#u668f7941-6bf8-56b7-988f-34f341c8b0a3)

Chapter Two (#u3341d23b-019b-579b-962a-8b55ef501971)

Chapter Three (#u1f42a9ac-6584-528d-9144-d20484546da0)

Chapter Four (#u8bccb095-d563-5be0-8890-770fb080325e)

Chapter Five (#uc7f77f93-4aae-51ae-b8f2-69f6c1c524ee)

Chapter Six (#u8e3edc46-0ff8-5bf8-b489-084a72ba76f9)

Chapter Seven (#u06dd5221-f95f-5fa3-ae19-e57d56df4012)

Chapter Eight (#u0ca438de-fa65-5568-999d-51a3d99ccc3e)

Chapter Nine (#u9b7c6502-f37f-5895-86c9-0acd35fa9f66)

Chapter Ten (#u7a8b569f-a590-50cb-96a6-60775e486a09)

Chapter Eleven (#u3e7f460e-44f7-54f8-a103-076b7aedf82d)

Chapter Twelve (#u1a11ee53-d80c-511b-ab00-0661ecd5afd9)

Chapter Thirteen (#ud24da2e1-ff21-509d-b76c-27446904162c)

Chapter Fourteen (#ua1520f99-6555-553e-9319-72897ca7ee47)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

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