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The third compulsive and gripping novel in the DI Lukas Mahler series from the winner of the Good Housekeeping Novel Writing competition 2016...

A savage murder with no apparent motive - DS Morrow's most challenging case brings her work and home lives dangerously close...From the two-time wi...

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