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When Kit Quinn, a sharp‑witted psychologist in England, is viciously attacked by a convicted prisoner, she resolves to return to work, refusing to be seen as a victim. The police enlist her expertise to connect the assailant with a string of murders, but she insists on digging deeper than the obvious. As her investigation pushes her closer to the truth, the case compels Kit to face the shadowy center of her own terror. A tense psychological thriller that blends suspense, detective work, and the unsettling depths of the human mind.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Nicci French
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