A spate of seemingly unconnected murders in southern England prompts a high-profile taskforce to be formed and led by DCI Jack Hawksworth, one of the Force's new rising stars who combines modern methods with old-school instincts. The victims appear as disparate as their style of death; the only link that Hawk and his team can pull together is that all the murdered are men of identical age. With that platform as their only way forward, the taskforce has nothing tangible but cold cases of decades past to comb through in the hope that they might find a clue to who might be behind the savagery. But with little progress frustrating everyone and his most trusted detective threatening to betray him while the public and police force are pressuring for results, Jack must confront his own ability and conduct as the morgue fills and media hysteria builds. An emotional tale of brutal revenge with a chilling twist that profoundly affects the lives of all the people involved in its shocking climax.
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DCI Jack Hawksworth is back, working on a high-profile case breaking in London. A calculating serial killer is on the loose, committing the most gruesome of murders as he 'trophies' the faces of his victims. With each new atrocity, the public and police force are getting more desperate for results. Hawk pulls together a strong and experienced taskforce, who soon find themselves caught up in a murky world of illegal immigrants and human organ trading. As he struggles to find any sort of link between the victims, Jack identifies something unique about the most recent corpse, and things suddenly get very personal. From the seedy underbelly of London's back streets and New Scotland Yard to the dangerous frontiers of modern medicine, this is a gripping crime thriller from a powerhouse Australian author.