„Es kann kein Selbstmord gewesen sein, dachte er. Andernfalls reißt der Chef mich morgen in Stücke.“ [S. 63]
De Santis ist – entgegen erster Einschätzungen – nämlich nicht der Meinung, dass sich das Kirchenoberhaupt des beschaulichen Stadteils Bagnoli selbst erhangen hat.
A man’s body is found in an empty house. His heart has been cut out and delivered to his wife and children. He is the first victim, and Detective Inspector Helen Grace knows he will not be the last.
But why would a happily married man be this far from home in the dead of night? The media call it Jack the Ripper in reverse: a serial killer preying on family men who lead hidden double lives. Helen can sense the fury behind the murders. But what she cannot possibly predict is how volatile this killer is – or what is waiting for her at the end of the chase…
The girl emerged from the woods, barely alive. Her story was beyond belief. But it was true. Every dreadful word of it. Days later, another desperate escapee is found – and a pattern is emerging.
Pairs of victims are being abducted, imprisoned then faced with a terrible choice: kill or be killed.
Am liebsten würde ich dieses Buch allein mit Zitaten daraus sich selbst wiederspiegeln lassen. Aber das wäre ja dann keine wirkliche Kritik oder gar Rezension zum Buch.