A killer is on the loose, blurring the line between fact and fiction.
His prey--the writers of crime novels who have turned psychological
profilers into the heroes of the nineties. But this killer is like no
other. His bloodlust shatters all the conventional wisdom surrounding
the motives and mechanics of how serial killers operate. And for one
woman, the desperate hunt to uncover his identity becomes a matter of
life and death.
Professor Fiona Cameron is an academic psychologist who uses computer
technology to help police forces track serial offenders. She used to
help the Met, but vowed never to work for them again when they went
against her advice and badly screwed up an investigation as a
consequence. Still smarting from the experience, she's working a case in
Toledo when her lover, thriller writer Kit Martin, tells her a fellow
crime novelist has been murdered. It's not her case, but Fiona can't
help taking an interest.
Which is just as well, because before too long the killer strikes again.
And again. And Fiona is caught up in a race against time, not only to
save a life, but to bring herself redemption, both personal and
professional.
Rich in atmosphere, Killing the Shadows uses the backdrops of city and
country to create an air of threatening menace, culminating in a tense
confrontation between hunter and hunted, a confrontation that can have
only one outcome.
