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Will Hurley was an attractive, charming, and impressive student at Dublins elite St. Johns Collegeand Irelands most prolific serial killer. Having stalked his four young victims, he drowned them in the muddy waters of the Grand Canal. Sentenced to life imprisonment when he was just nineteen, Will is locked away in the citys Central Psychiatric Hospital.Freshman Alison Smith moved to the Big Smoke to enroll in St. Johns and soon fell hard for Will Hurley. Her world bloomed and then imploded when Liz, her best friend, became the latest victim of the Canal Killerand the Canal Killer turned out to be the boy whod been sleeping in her bed. Alison fled to the Netherlands, changed her name, and, in ten years, has never once looked back.When a young womans body is found in the Grand Canal, Garda detectives visit Will to see if he can assist them in solving what looks like a copycat killing.
About the Author
Catherine Ryan Howard is an internationally bestselling crime writer from Cork, Ireland. Her debut novel, DISTRESS SIGNALS, was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey/New Blood Dagger. THE LIAR'S GIRL (2018) was shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. REWIND (2019) was shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year and is currently being developed for screen by Clerkenwell Films (Misfits, Lovesick, The End of the F***ing World. ) THE NOTHING MAN was a no. 1 Irish Times bestseller and a no. 1 Kindle bestseller (UK) and was shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year. Her latest novel, 56 DAYS, was published in August 2021. It is a thriller set in lockdown that Catherine wrote while she was in lockdown. Prior to writing full-time, Catherine worked as a campsite courier in France and a front desk agent in Walt Disney World, Florida. She still wants to be an astronaut when she grows up.
