A Means to Evil - Softcover

Trenhaile, John

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ISBN 10: 0061007986 ISBN 13: 9780061007989

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995

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Investigating the brutal murder of a teenage boy, police psychologist Diane Cheung finds her job complicated by suspicious and contrary officer Ed Hersey and comes to realize that her own life is in danger. Original.

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IN THE SHADOWS OF A TROUBLED MIND

The peace of Paradise Bay, California, is shattered when a series of young white males are murdered, their bodies mutilated, burned and left to rot in the local cemetery, notorious haunt of addicts and dropouts. With the town gripped by fear and suspicion, the police turn for help in establishing a profile of the killer to psychologist Diane Cheung, specialist in disturbed young offenders.

Diane is only too willing to assist – until the inquiry focuses on one of her own patients, Tobes Gascoign, her most intriguing and difficult case. Should Diane cooperate with the police, or protect her patient's trust? And is Tobes just a teenager gone wild, or could he really be a schizophrenic killer? These are questions that must be answered – and fast, for Tobes is getting dangerously involved with another of Diane's patients, ten-year-old Johnny Anderson.

“On the evidence of this outstanding psychological thriller, John Trenhaile's reputation as an author of real talent is well-founded. What starts off as a seemingly straightforward murder story develops with increasing and chilling fascination into one of the best novels I have read this year. It reaches a surprising climax, one of stunning intensity that jolts like an electric shock. A wonderful read”
DAILY NEWS

“Slick and fast-paced”
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

“One of the top thriller writers”
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

About the Author:

John Trenhaile is a barrister living in Ashdown Forest with his wife and two children. He was educated at Epsom College and at Magdalen, Oxford.

He first toured south-east Asia in 1982 and on each return trip has researched customs and cultures with the help of the many friends he has made there. He has been studying Mandarin for some years.

‘Kyril’, the first of the novels in his Russian ‘Povin’ trilogy, was filmed for television as ‘The Man Called Kyril’.

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