HAND FOR A HAND

When DCI Andy Gilchrist is called to a crime scene and finds an amputated hand clutching a note addressed to him, containing only one word, murder, he is pulled into an investigation that will test him to the limit.

Soon, other single-word clues are discovered alongside more amputated body parts, and the killer’s vengeful message becomes clear as the identity of the next intended victim is revealed.

But when someone close to him disappears, Gilchrist knows he is too late.

Together with Nance Wilson, the sexy DC with her own agenda, Gilchrist soon realises that the answer to the present murders lies within the secrets of his past.

Forced to confront his demons, he must solve the cryptic clues and find the murderer before the next victim, a woman whose life means more to him than his own, is served up to him piece by slaughtered piece.