Spindler weaves another masterful work of murder and suspense. The backdrop to this crime novel is the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina where, in the aftermath, a ghoulish discovery of severed female hands are found in a refrigerator. Captain Patti O’Shay’s detective husband is also found murdered, looters the suspected killers. Two years later the apparently unconnected crimes are inextricably linked. Dark and tense, you might want to sleep with the light on.
To catch the killer she must confront the past. For PC Patti O'Shay, the discovery of a dead body is shocking, but part of the job. A dead body with the right hand severed is disturbing. But when a corpse is discovered with the police badge of Patti’s murdered husband, she realises that this is a case tailored to her…and one she is determined to solve. Driven by revenge, and working outside the law, Patti vows to track down the monster responsible. But as the killings continue, it becomes clear that she is not the hunter – but the hunted.
