The Death Sculptor - Hardcover

Chris Carter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857203002 ISBN 13: 9780857203007

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2012

Synopsis

'Good job you didn't turn on the lights ...' A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless - Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind. For Hunter, there is no doubt that the killer is trying to communicate with the police, but the method is unlike anything he's ever seen before. And what could the hidden message be? Just as Hunter and his partner Garcia reckon they've found a lead, a new body is found - and a new calling card. But with no apparent link between the first and second victims, all the progress they've made so far goes out of the window. Pushed into an uncomfortable alliance with the confident Alice Beaumont, Hunter must race to put together the pieces of the investigation ...before the Death Sculptor puts the final touches to his masterpiece.

About this title

Review:

'A gripping debut... Not for the squeamish.' (Heat) 'A page-turner.' --(Express)

'A touch of the Patricia Cornwell about Carter's plotting: no bad thing.' --(Top Tens, Official Charts Company)

'MUST READ: fans of US Crime dramas will enjoy Chris Carter.' --(Saturday, Daily Express)

About the Author:

Born in Brazil of Italian origin, Chris Carter studied psychology and criminal behaviour at the University of Michigan. As a member of the Michigan State District Attorney's Criminal Psychology team, he interviewed and studied many criminals, including serial and multiple homicide offenders with life imprisonment convictions. He now lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0857203002
• ISBN 13: 9780857203007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512