“They burned it down once…they should burn it down again.” Once the star of Scotland Yard, burnt out East London detective Jack Sheridan is now a washed up cop working a low end station, estranged from his family and haunted by his past. The discovery in woodland of a young woman nailed to a wooden cross sends Jack spiralling into a direct confrontation with that past when the woman is identified … with that past when the woman is identified as the daughter of a murdered cop he once knew. With a serial killer the media are dubbing the ‘Crucifix Killer’ slaying working girls on his patch, Jack must face his own demons and uncover a series of terrible secrets if he is to find the twisted killer.
On his way to the Tunisian border, Alex Dorring is informed that his sister has been murdered. Dorring is Agent 192 of Uriel, a clandestine assassins wing of MI6. With revenge on his mind, Dorring makes his way to London and begins investigating her death in his own special way. As he moves like a ghost through the underbelly of the city, he meets Chloe, a troubled nineteen year old trying to escape the very people Dorring has come to hunt. Could this girl be the key to leading him to the killer?
As both men operate under entirely different rules, the death of one girl sees a bed of lies, sexual violence, murder and corruption come rising to the surface as East London descends into chaos.
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This was a great read!
The villains are terrible, you just don’t know for sure which of the bad guys are, well, the bad guy. The story flows wonderfully, is complex enough to hold interest and make you pay attention and the ending was a surprise. This was a great story.
The author uses London slang BUT gets it wrong! Clearly not familiar with the idiom.
Loved the book. No one wins.
Not bad.
Very interesting. Well written.
Good read
A great read! The characterization and the plot were excellent. Highly recommended.
Did not finish
I enjoyed this book. Ending not what I expected.
I have read many mysteries circulated by publishing houses that didn’t hold a candle to this work.
This book kept me on the edge. I didnt know
Who was who till it was revealed. I usually can figure it out. I liked this book. I will read more of Jack Sheridan. EBB
It was a good story but too much violence and mayhem.
The characters were believable, the plot had unpredictable twists, and the dialogue was witty. A gritty novel that kept me turning pages.
The tragedy of this book is that it exists. If you are dying of boredom it is a must read. It will speed the process and save oxygen that would be wasted otherwise.
Like to read more from this author.
A great suspense story, with a lot of nicely evolved characters and several sub-plots of family sorrow and misunderstandings that were well fleshed out, . The murders of several people in a particularly gruesome way draws missing family members home, and answers questions that have long been hidden, as a spectacularly criminal element is unearthed.
It was hard to really get into this book.
It was a good story line, but the crimes were TOO graphic for me.
I like the book it was interesting if the brother or the cops would get to the killer first. A plot with similarity to the Taken Move. Good Plot.