Killing the Shadows

Killing the Shadows
Val McDermid

The Number One bestselling, award-winning Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid delivers a searing psychological suspense thriller. A serial killer is on the loose. His victims? Crime writers…A murderer is at large, hunting with a bloodlust that shatters all the conventional wisdom on how serial killers operate.Professor Fiona Cameron is a psychologist who uses computer technology to track serial offenders. She vowed never to work for the Met again after they went against her advice and screwed up an investigation as a result. But when her lover, thriller writer Kit Martin, tells her a fellow crime novelist has been murdered, Fiona can’t help taking an interest.With the killer striking again, Fiona is caught in a race against time, not only to save a life, but to bring herself redemption, both personal and professional.

VAL McDERMID

Killing the Shadows

This one’s for BB. Because it takes two to jump over the rocks in the road.

Table of Contents

I

Chapter 1 (#u2edda0ae-30c9-51f7-bc22-fecc766115c9)

Chapter 2 (#u7744abd9-7f1d-5a5c-91e3-09a055502360)

Chapter 3 (#u2556559c-7b7c-5154-9de2-9511a2e16c54)

Chapter 4 (#u46bc8d8f-6897-5f16-b9da-005615a9559a)

Chapter 5 (#u08addeb6-db5b-50e9-93d9-fabe04ceeb7d)

Chapter 6 (#u1ce7c7a7-7e84-5ae6-9e86-2b13a32f13aa)

Chapter 7 (#ubdc33fba-0701-56f6-8cb2-59f1ac746245)

Chapter 8 (#ufe2297af-9ac4-52e7-9c97-a2096e56b3f4)

Chapter 9 (#u49cab68d-f8a1-595b-b12d-fc6f5ce05530)

Chapter 10 (#u37d2171f-ed0a-517d-80e4-d40cf643cf40)

Chapter 11 (#u0648dbde-2835-534e-af2b-c364f1d6b561)

Chapter 12 (#ud2f56501-41d8-5857-a7d7-af379657466d)

Chapter 13 (#ub0a23d02-5de5-5fed-9c2d-8cea92cf32b4)

II

Chapter 14 (#ucd989ed0-9959-55e4-a973-2645ff744b7c)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)

III

Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 29 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 31 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 32 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 33 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 34 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 35 (#litres_trial_promo)

IV

Chapter 36 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 37 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 38 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 39 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 40 (#litres_trial_promo)