- This edition read as an ebook on my Kindle (AmazonAU)
- ASIN : B0H199HCHD
- Publisher : Shadowstone Books, Publication date : 2 June 2026
- Print length : 652 pages
- Book 2 of 2 : The DC Spiller Mysteries
Synopsis (AmazonAU)
The body was in a mess. The victim, a young man, was found naked in the street, face and upper body slashed, fingertips shredded, teeth broken. And all while he was alive.
Detective Constable Spiller has seen nothing like it. Stranger still, the victim was found in a quiet residential street and nobody seems to know who he was.
But this young man was only the first victim to be found. The murderer hasn't stopped, and to make matters worse, the police can find no link between the victims.
Is this the work of a sociopathic murderer, a sadistic serial killer targeting victims at random?
It’s 1993 and DC Spiller has been in the job for a year. This is his toughest case yet, but along with the team at Exeter CID, he’ll stop at nothing to bring the killer in.
Even if it means putting his life on the line.
Venture into Exeter’s shadowy streets with DC Spiller on the hunt for a serial killer in The Cutting.
My Take
This story takes us back over 30 years when technologies that we take for granted were really just emerging. Police investigations took much longer and procedures were much emphasised. However DC Tim Spiller is inclined to bypass the procedures and to trust his intuition a little too much. This is only his second year in the job and he often needs restraint and yoking to a more experienced officer.
A body found on a street, naked, outside the house of a former policeman, appears to have been tortured, and DC Tim Spiller becomes part of the team of investigating officers.
This is a well constructed tale with a good plot.
My rating: 4.5
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