Dark Reaper: Hunter or Hunted?

A hunter uses traps to catch his prey but what happens when the prey is also using snares … and his are more sophisticated? LA Detective Oskar Salo investigates a series of gruesome murders, all of which point to the work of a serial killer. Salo soon discovers that things are far more complicated than they first appear, and when his investigations threaten to uncover events concerning a case from two decades earlier, in the pre-Rodney King era when things were done a little differently in the LAPD, he risks having everything that he cares about taken away from him. Dark Reaper is a subtle and intelligent exploration of the genre dealing with the psychology, politics and science of police work in a complex society.

While working at the Design Council in London, Howard Chilvers took a lead role in writing and producing a full range of teaching resources for schools and was a New York Film Festival award winner. Howard’s first novel, Dark Reaper, draws on his intense interest in US culture. Howard lived in Devon with his wife and family until February 2018 when he sadly died from a brain tumor.