Birdman
Publisher: Transworld
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: eBook
ISBN-13: 9781409082996; 9781409082989
Description: Mo Hayder's terrifying first novel introducing DI Jack Caffery - now reissued.Greenwich, south-east LondonDetective Inspector Jack Caffery - young, driven, unshockable - is called to one of the most gruesome crime scenes he has ever seen. Five young women have been ritualistically murdered and dumped on wasteland near the Dome. Subsequent post-mortems reveal a singular, horrific signature linking the victims.Soon Caffery realises that he is on the trail of that most dangerous offender: a serial killer. Beset by animosity within the police force, haunted by the memory of a very personal death long ago, Caffery employs every weapon forensic science can offer to hunt him down.Because he knows that it is only a matter of time before this sadistic killer strikes again ...