A missing schoolgirl is found buried in the Dublin mountains, hands clasped together in prayer, two red ribbons in her hair. Twenty-four hours later, a second schoolgirl is found in a shallow grave – her body identically arranged. The hunt for the killer is on. The police call in profiler Dr Kate Pearson to get inside the mind of the murderer before he strikes again.
But there’s one vital connection to be made – Ellie Brady, a mother institutionalised fifteen years earlier for the murder of her daughter Amy. What connects the death of Amy Brady to the murdered schoolgirls? As Kate Pearson begins to unravel the truth, danger is closer than she knows …
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THE DOLL’S HOUSE
The past is waiting …
Thirty-five years ago Adrian Hamilton drowned. At the time his death was deemed a tragic accident but the exact circumstances remain a mystery.
His daughter Clodagh now visits a hypnotherapist in an attempt to come to terms with her past, and her father’s death. As disturbing childhood memories are unleashed, memories of another tragedy begin to come to light.
Meanwhile criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson is called to assist in a murder investigation after a body is found in a Dublin canal. And when Kate digs beneath the surface of the killing, she discovers a sinister connection to the Hamilton family.
Time is running out for Clodagh and Kate.
And the killer has already chosen his next victim …
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LAST KISS
The darkest places are often within us …
At a hotel room in Dublin, the butchered body of art dealer Rick Shevlin, arranged with artistic precision like the Hanged Man from a Tarot card, is discovered.
Meanwhile, in a quiet suburb, Sandra Regan clings to her sanity as a shadowy presence moves through her home.
What connects them?
Criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson is sure that the killer has struck before and will again – soon. As Kate and DI O’Connor are plunged into an investigation which spreads to Rome and Paris, they uncover a vicious trail of sexual power and evil. But will they uncover the killer’s identity before she claims another victim?
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Table of Contents
Praise for Louise Phillips
About the Author
Also by Louise Phillips
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
November 1988 Dublin
May 2015 New York
Part One
Kate
The Game Changer
Kate
The Game Changer
Sarah
Kate
The Game Changer
Sarah
Kate
The Game Changer
Kate
312a Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Addy
Kate
The Game Changer
Kate
The Game Changer
Kate
Addy
Spring Valley Village, Texas
Kate
Special Detective Unit, Harcourt Street
Kate
The Game Changer
Kate
Special Detective Unit, Harcourt Street
Addy
Spring Valley Village, Texas
Kate
The Game Changer
Special Detective Unit, Harcourt Street
Addy
Kate
Stephen
Kate
The Game Changer
Sarah
Kate
Chloë
Spring Valley Village, Texas
Kate
The Game Changer
Kate
The Game Changer
Kate
Sarah
Kate
Part Two
Kate
The Game Changer
Addy
Kate
312a Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Kate
Sarah
Kate
Sarah
Kate
Addy
The Game Changer
Kate
312a Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Addy
The Game Changer
Kate
Addy
Kate
Sarah
Kate
Special Detective Unit,
Addy
The Game Changer
Kate
Addy
The Game Changer
Addy
John F. Kennedy Airport, New York
Kate
The Game Changer
Addy
Kate
Addy
Kate
Addy
Kate
Addy
Special Detective Unit, Harcourt Street
Addy
Kate
The Game Changer
Kate
Addy
Kate
Adam
Kate
Adam
Addy
Adam
The Game Changer
Kate
Special Detective Unit, Harcourt Street
Adam
Addy
Special Detective Unit, Harcourt Street
The Game Changer
Kate
Addy
Adam
Addy
Kate
John
Adam
The Game Changer
Adam
Kate
Charlie
One Week Later
Adam
Acknowledgements