Voted Top 20 by readers in the BooksOffice.com search for the Next Killer TV Series, Chris Simms's novel is the second in his Detective Spicer Detective Series:
"An uncompromising cop’s frantic search for a killer who removes swathes of his victims’ skin leads the detective into the shadowy world of Manchester’s escort industry."
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Killing The Beasts
A series of brutal killings have left the city of Manchester shaken. Each victim has been murdered in their home – and in the same bizarre manner. But a lack of motive has left the police baffled. Soon, DI Jon Spicer finds himself ensnared in a fast-moving investigation...
About This Book
Killing them wasn’t enough…
'The Butcher of Belle Vue' has struck again. Like the first two victims, the third has been partially skinned and dumped on waste ground: muscles, tendons and ligaments exposed to view. Only this time, her face has also been removed.
Savage Moon
Some won’t see the morning…
The body of a woman with horrific injuries is found on Saddleworth Moor, near Manchester. She is discovered in an area where several sightings of a large black cat have recently been made....
Where the Silent Screams Are Loudest
After a decade down in the police station basement, the file on missing schoolgirl Poppy Hunt comes back under the spotlight. Jason Fitzgerald bears a striking resemblance to the girl. A look into Jason’s past reveals he was apparently abandoned by his mother when just days old.
Livewire family tree and DNA researcher Madelaine Scott joins forces with Detective Sergeant Eve Brenan to examine a horrific puzzle that stretches back twenty years.
The Pain of Strangers
The first book in the Eddie Collins series - and the enigmatic, aggressive CSI is called in to investigate the death of a teenager. Is he the latest victim of the Mabgate Murderer?
Eddie risks his marriage and his career to pursue the truth and finds himself in too deep with a local gang and a sadistic brutal murderer.
Exit Pursued by a Bare
Detective Sergeant Sebastian Bare is disillusioned by police work. This once-heralded ‘rising star’ is now demotivated and distracted. His personal life mirrors his career, a relationship that once sizzled with passion has turned stale.
The arrival of new boss (and old friend) presents Bare with an opportunity to progress his personal vendetta against the OCG. But DS Avery is not the supportive colleague he purports to be. He’s got a dark, dangerous secret and enjoys manipulating the detectives under his control.
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