Fans of Stuart MacBride, James Oswald and Ian Rankin will love this violently exciting and spine-tingling thriller from bestselling and prizewinning author Craig Russell.'Gritty, authentic and disturbing stuff' - Mo Hayder'Intelligent, superbly paced and not a little gory' -- ***** Reader review'Real page Turner, which kept you enthralled to the very end'-- ***** Reader review'A must read'-- ***** Reader review'A cracking good thriller that keeps the reader enthralled'-- ***** Reader review********************************************A RITUAL KILLER POISED TO STRIKE AGAIN...Hamburg: Two women are killed in the same horrific, ritualistic manner. It seems clear that a serial killer is at work, selecting victims at random and living out some twisted fantasy.The murderer taunts the police with e-mails - but, as Jan Fabel and his murder team investigate further, nothing is clear cut or as it first seems. They are drawn into a dark half-world of Viking myth and legend, of obscure religious cults, of political intrigue and of a violent struggle to seize control of the city.As Fabel desperately races to track down the killer before more killings take place, he and his team come face to face with a cold, brutal menace they could never have predicted.A greater evil than they could ever have imagined.
