The Curator

Books

Shortlisted for the VN Thriller of the Year 2022 Longlisted for the Crime Writers'' Association Gold Dagger 2021 ''Dark, sharp and compelling'' PETER JAMES ''Fantastic'' MARTINA COLE ''Britain''s answer to Harry Bosch'' MATT HILTON ''A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent'' DAVID MARK LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER ______________________ It''s Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange message is left at each scene: #BSC6 Called in to investigate, the National Crime Agency''s Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with a case that makes no sense. Why were some victims anaesthetized, while others died in appalling agony? Why is their only suspect denying what they can irrefutably prove but admitting to things they weren''t even aware of? And why did the victims all take the same two weeks off work three years earlier? And when a disgraced FBI agent gets in touch things take an even darker turn. Because she doesn''t think Poe is dealing with ...