Author Description

A twisty blend of thriller and police procedural from a former self-published sensation. The second book in the Charlotte Savage series sees an impulsive decision of Savage's come back to haunt her. At the end of Touch she left a serial killer and rapist to die in his burning car, still enraged by his crimes and that he tried to take her family hostage. But someone caught this moment on camera and now the local head of organised crime has hold of it, giving him the perfect blackmail to keep Savage on his side and his name out of any investigations. Will he expose her or will she crack under the pressure? Alongside this, brutally murdered but seeming unconnected bodies are turning up in the area - their only similarity one severed hand, missing from the scene, and mysterious black and white stripes painted on the skin. As Savage and her team investigate, they find buried and very dark links between the victims, as it becomes clear one revenge-crazed killer will stop at nothing to get his pound of flesh. And even a member of Savage's own team is in his sights. A detective is violently kidnapped and Savage must race against the clock to find him alive.