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Winner of the Crime Writersx Association Dagger in the Library AwardnbspThe American debut of CWA Dagger winner Steve Mosby who delivers a riveting psychological crime novel in the vein of Ian Rankin and Denise MinaDetective Inspector Andrew Hicks thinks he knows all about murder However horrific the act the reasons behind a crime are usually easy to explain So when a woman is found bludgeoned to death he suspects a crime of passion and attention focuses on her possessive ex-husband But when a second body is found similarly beaten Hicks is forced to think againWhen more murders arrive in quick succession Hicks realizes he is dealing with a type of killer he has never faced before one who fits nowhere within his logic Then the letters begin to arrive As the death toll rises Hicks must face not only a killer obsessed with randomness and chaos but also a secret in his own past If he is to stop the killings he must confront the truth about himself.