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Both victims had the tips of their fingers removed with a hacksaw. The killer is sending a message and wants his next victim to know who they are – and be very afraid. But beside the gruesome nature of their deaths there is no obvious connection between the two victims.
Reuben Maitland, freshly returned to GeneCrime, must investigate the case. The forensics come in, DNA is sampled, the clues begin to mount up. Then Reuben’s young son, Joshua, is snatched from his pram…
John Macken, the author of three previous books featuring Reuben Maitland, marks the 120th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s birth by reflecting on crime fiction in general and his own books in particular. John Macken is the pen name of endocrinologist Prof Chris McCabe, who will be contributing to the panel discussion The New Optimists on Saturday
