Breaking Point - Softcover

Macken, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593061446 ISBN 13: 9780593061442

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2009

Synopsis

Everybody has their breaking point. The point beyond which anything is possible, where you would fight, attack, do things your rational self would never condone. The point beyond which you might even kill. How hard would you have to be pushed before you snapped? There is a killer loose on the London Underground. He kills without leaving any forensic trace, and seemingly without motive. Genecrime, the UK's elite forensic unit, are stretched to the limits trying to find one usable clue. And there is another problem facing Genecrime. Before he was sacked as head of the unit, Reuben Maitland developed a system to predict latent homicidal behaviour from people's DNA. Now rogue elements in the police, believing that prevention is better than cure, are using Reuben's research to hunt down and incite latent psychopaths beyond their breaking point. Reuben must track down whoever is misusing his technology and stop them before more lives are destroyed. But what he cannot know is that his investigation will lead him directly into the path of the Underground killer.

About this title

About the Author

John Macken works as a scientist in a large windowless building. He is married with two children. He is the author of two previous books featuring Reuben Maitland - Dirty Little Lies and Trial by Blood.

From the Inside Flap

Everybody has their breaking point. The point beyond which anything is possible, where you would attack, commit violent acts your rational self would never condone. The point beyond which you might even kill. How hard would you have to be pushed before you snapped?

There is a killer loose on the London underground. He kills without leaving any forensic trace, and seemingly without motive. Genecrime, the UK s elite forensic unit, are stretched to the limits trying to find one usable clue.

And there is another problem facing Genecrime. Before he was sacked as head of the unit, Reuben Maitland developed a system to predict latent homicidal behaviour from people s DNA. Now rogue elements in the police, believing that prevention is better than cure, are employing Reuben s research to hunt down and incite latent psychopaths beyond their breaking point.

Reuben must track down whoever is misusing his technology and stop them before more lives are destroyed. But what he cannot know is that his investigation will lead him directly into the path of the underground killer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593061446
• ISBN 13: 9780593061442
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336