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The eighth pulse-pounding thriller from the Joe O´loughlin series by Michael Robotham: one of the greatest crime authors writing today.

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The eighth book in the Joe O´loughlin series, from bestselling author Michael Robotham.

I close my eyes and feel my heart begin racing

Someone is coming

They´re going to find me

A mother and her teenage daughter are found murdered in a remote farmhouse, one defiled by multiple stab wounds and the other left lying like Sleeping Beauty waiting for her Prince. Reluctantly, clinical psychologist Joe O´Loughlin is drawn into the investigation when a former student, calling himself ´the Mindhunter´, jeopardises the police inquiry by leaking details to the media and stirring up public anger.

With no shortage of suspects and tempers beginning to fray, Joe discover links between these murders and a series of brutal attacks where his victims have been choked unconscious and had the letter ´A´ carved into their foreheads.

As the case becomes ever more complex, nothing is quite what it seems and soon Joe´s fate, and that of those closest to him, become intertwined with a merciless, unpredictable killer . . .

The nail-biting new psychological thriller that will keep you up till dawn, from world-renowned author MICHAEL ROBOTHAM. Praise for Michael Robotham´s writing:

´Will have you turning the pages compulsively´ The Times

´Robotham doesn´t just make me scared for his characters, he makes my heart ache for them´ Linwood Barclay

´Superbly exciting ... a terrific read´ Guardian

´Two terrific female characters, both with secrets. Add Michael Robotham´s clean prose and whipcrack pacing. The result? A book you won´t be able to put down, although you may occasionally want to hide your eyes´ Stephen King

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Robotham, Michael

Before becoming a novelist, Michael Robotham was an investigative journalist working across America, Australia and Britain. As a journalist and writer he has investigated notorious cases such as the serial killer couple Fred and Rosemary West. He has worked with clinical and forensic psychologists as they helped police investigate complex, psychologically driven crimes.

Michael´s 2004 debut thriller, The Suspect, sold more than 1 million copies around the world. It is the first of eight novels featuring clinical psychologist Joe O´Loughlin, who faces his own increasing battle with a potentially debilitating disease. Michael has also written four standalone thrillers. In 2015 he won the UK´s prestigious Crime Writers´ Association Gold Dagger Award with his standalone thriller Life or Death.
He lives in Sydney.

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