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"A terrifyingly addictive series - I'm hooked! Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef investigates the creepiest of crimes" (MO HAYDER)

"Micallef, a nice twist on the traditional middle-aged alcoholic male cop, is wearily, startlingly real" (Guardian)

"Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef, a character one can't get enough of. It's hard, maybe impossible, to think of her equal in crime fiction... keeps the reader's heart pounding from first page to last in a distinctive and superior crime novel" (Toronto Star)

"Hazel Micallef is a splendid recruit to the ranks of fictional detectives" (Literary Review)

'NIGHTMARE': WHEN FACT AND FICTION COLLIDE

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is recovering from a bad year, and a traumatic back operation that has left her in the care of her ex husband and his new wife.

But Hazel is lured back to work when a body is pulled from a nearby lake: a discovery that eerily mirrors a disturbing story printed in the local newspaper.

The author of the tale can't be found, and when gruesome, taunting clues begin to arrive Hazel realises she's dealing with a master manipulator, a crazed soul who knows her every move . . .