Killing the shadows
2000, First Edition. London : Harper Collins. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. NOT price-clipped. Flat-SIGNED by the author on the title page.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 422 pages; Summary; 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. Physical desc. : 422 p. ; 24 cm. Subject: Psychological research personnel - Fiction. Serial murder investigation - Fiction. Criminal behavior, Prediction of - Fiction. Serial murderers - Fiction. Novelists - Fiction. Item #222213
ISBN: 0002261081
Price: €14.95