Scream - Hardcover

McCrery, Nigel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 144480944X ISBN 13: 9781444809442

Publisher: Charnwood, 2012

Synopsis

DCI Mark Lapslie’s anonymous email bears a strange subject line: ‘You Need To Listen To This.’ He hears a woman scream – she screams twenty-seven times before her final death rattle is heard... Lapslie investigates and discovers that the message was sent from the hospital where his new girlfriend works and where he’s undergoing treatment for his synaesthesia – a neurological condition that confuses his senses so he tastes sound. Who is screaming? And why? Meanwhile a murder victim has been brutally tortured and dumped on an island in the Thames Estuary. Then, a case is brought against him after questioning a minor and he’s taken off the investigation. Unable to work, Lapslie must sit around, while the killer comes far too close to home...

About this title

About the Author

Nigel McCrery worked as a policeman, until he left the force to become an undergraduate at Cambridge University. He has created and written some of the most successful television series of the last ten years - his credits include Silent Witness, Born & Bred, New Tricks, All the King's Men and Back-Up. He is also the author of five internationally bestselling Sam Ryan mysteries. Nigel lives in London.

Review

Gripping . . . a very sadistic murderer―Daily Mirror

DCI Mark Lapslie is Nigel's finest creation . . . Immaculately constructed and beautifully observed, it cried out to be made for television―Daily Mail

As repulsive and engaging a killer as any encountered in recent memory―Los Angeles Times

An excellent new detective―Daily Mail

One of the most memorable monsters in modern crime fiction―Daily Express

About this edition

• Publisher: Charnwood
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 144480944X
• ISBN 13: 9781444809442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368