'A fine new voice' DAILY MAIL

The body count is rising...and the clock is ticking.

When a young woman is attacked and left fighting to survive in hospital, the police are pulled into a race against time to save her life. But just 24 hours later, she dies and a deadly tattoo is discovered on her body.

And when another young woman disappears, Detective Francis Sullivan and his team fear a serial killer walks the streets of Brighton.

His team identify a suspect, Alex Mullins, son of Francis's lover, Marni. Can Francis forget their shared past and save the next victim before it is too late?

A gripping crime thriller from the author of The Tattoo Thief.

About the Author
Alison Belsham initially started writing with the ambition of becoming a screenwriter-and in 2000 was commended for her visual storytelling in the Orange Prize for Screenwriting. In 2001 she was shortlisted in a BBC Drama Writer competition. Life and children intervened but, switching to fiction, in 2009 her novel Domino was selected for the prestigious Adventures in Fiction mentoring scheme. In 2016 she pitched her first crime novel, The Tattoo Thief, at the Pitch Perfect event at the Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival and was judged the winner.

Reviews
Creepy and compulsive, this is Belsham's first excursion into crime and it announces the arrival of a fine new voice. * Daily Mail on The Tattoo Thief *
Edgy and ice cool - Marni Mullins is my kind of heroine! * Marnie Riches, author of Born Bad *
If you like your serial thrillers pacy and believable, this fiendishly plotted read is for you. Beat a tattoo to your local bookstore and buy it! * Douglas Skelton, author of Bloody City *



Book Information
ISBN 9781409182665
Author Alison Belsham
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Trapeze
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 500g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 152mm * 36mm