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The Genius Killer
Paperback
Series: Tex Deacon, Book 1
ISBN13: 9781915502216
Publisher: Orla Kelly Publishing
Published: Apr 20 2023
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The dark heart of a brilliant and ruthless psychopath
A celebrated but haunted detective
A determined young reporter hunting for justice - and the big story
Karl Jackson is a particularly vengeful sociopath with his unique way of 'problem-solving'. DCI Tex Deacon suffers from the trauma of his beloved wife's death and finds it immensely difficult to come to terms with it. As a Detective Chief Inspector specialising in murder and killer profiling, Tex has a relentless workload from his base on the edges of the mountains of the Lake District.
Tex is under pressure from his superiors to take a step back to grieve properly. It's clear that Susan's death has ripped out part of his soul. There is no doubt that Tex is suffering, but this DCI is a driven man. Tex's welfare is the responsibility of his boss Chief Constable Barbara Bracewell, and she and Tex go back a very long way. However, Bracewell must do what is right for Tex and the Cumbrian police force.
Despite falling into a mental abyss, Tex's instincts for the hunt never leave him. A hyper-intelligent and devious murderer appears in his crosshairs - the self-styled 'Genius Killer'. So what will Tex do? What can he get away with doing with the Chief Constable monitoring his every move?
And then there's Debbie Pilkington, a tenacious and hugely ambitious cub reporter at the local paper - The Rimpton Chronicle. Debbie has big stories and a big future in her own sights. A young journalist, a craggy and vastly experienced detective, and one of the most dangerous serial killers Britain has even seen. Their lives were about to intertwine. The chase to stop a cunning killer begins. Tex is a master at breaking down the thinking processes of those he hunts but with Tex enduring his own psychological meltdown, can he penetrate the mind of this supremely malevolent psychopath?
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