When teenager Jennifer Maidment’s murdered and mutilated body is discovered, it’s clear that there is a dangerous psychopath on the loose. But it’s not long before Tony and DCI Carol Jordan realise it’s the start of a brutal campaign targeting an apparently unconnected group of young people. Their chameleon-like killer is chatting with them online, pretending to share their interests and beliefs-and then luring them to their interests and beliefs -and then luring them to their deaths.
But just when Tony should be at the heart of the hunt, he’s pushed to the margins by Carol’s boss. Struggling with the newly awakened ghosts of his own past and desperate for distraction in his work, Tony battles to find answers in his most nerve-shattering investigation yet.....