When pathologists examine the remains, they make a gruesome discovery: the silhouette of a doll carved in the victim’s skin.Īs they dig deeper, more would-be suicides roll in: a woman found dead in a bath a man violently electrocuted. The body of a young girl is found dumped on the roadside on the outskirts of Edinburgh. 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. Unknown to DI Luc Callanach and the newly promoted DCI Ava Turner, a serial killer has Edinburgh firmly in his grip. 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. In the middle of a rock festival, a charity worker is sliced across the stomach. But Edinburgh, he discovers, is a long way from Lyon, and Elaine’s killer has covered his tracks with meticulous care. Having left behind a promising career at Interpol, he’s eager to prove himself to his new team. Detective Inspector Luc Callanach has barely set foot in his new office when Elaine’s missing persons case is escalated to a murder investigation.
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