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Chief Inspector Woodend, summoned from London, investigates the strangulation of teenage Diane Thornburn, buried in a Cheshire salt store. The case mirrors a similar unsolved murder from a generation earlier, suggesting a possible serial killer. As Woodend digs deeper, he confronts motives and clues that threaten to expose a sinister pattern of violence.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Sally Spencer
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