Perfect Remains: A gripping thriller that will leave you breathless

Perfect Remains: A gripping thriller that will leave you breathless
Helen Fields

‘Must read!’ Closer‘I love, love, LOVE Perfect Remains!’ Reader review‘A superb debut!’ Reader reviewOn a remote Highland mountain, the body of Elaine Buxton is burning. All that will be left to identify the respected lawyer are her teeth and a fragment of clothing.In the concealed back room of a house in Edinburgh, the real Elaine Buxton screams into the darkness…Detective Inspector Luc Callanach has barely set foot in his new office when Elaine’s missing persons case is escalated to a murder investigation. Having left behind a promising career at Interpol, he’s eager to prove himself to his new team. But Edinburgh, he discovers, is a long way from Lyon, and Elaine’s killer has covered his tracks with meticulous care.It’s not long before another successful woman is abducted from her doorstep, and Callanach finds himself in a race against the clock. Or so he believes … The real fate of the women will prove more twisted than he could have ever imagined.Fans of Angela Marson, Mark Billingham and M. J. Aldridge will be gripped by this chilling journey into the mind of a troubled killer.

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2017

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Source ISBN: 9780008181550

Ebook Edition © September 2016 ISBN: 9780008181567

Version: 2018-05-14

Dedication (#ub2a419c1-aac6-5349-a78c-0353e6a7578e)

For David, Gabriel, Solomon and Evangeline,

who let me write in a time machine

where just five more minutes in my world

is always an hour or two in yours.

Contents

Cover (#u250b825c-685e-54d2-9fbd-6f2ebbe80562)

Title Page (#uf8876f2c-7b60-5965-b110-70a22f1b7f52)

Copyright

Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One