[Detective Rhodes and Radley 01] • Dark Lies

**Don’t trust your friends. Don’t trust your family. Don’t trust yourself… **

The people of London fear for their lives when a twisted serial killer called **The Cartoonist** starts targeting young mothers, leaving their bodies on display in their homes with speech bubbles drawn from their lips. He has a terrifying story to tell, but first, the right people need to be listening…

**Nathan Radley has a brilliant and dangerous talent.** Formerly one of the best criminal psychologists on the police force he’s renowned for getting deep into the minds of the murderers he hunts. But for the past year he has lived in isolation, haunted by this gift and his own dark desires.

**DI Katie Rhodes’ career is spinning out of control.** She’d sworn never to knock on her old partner Nathan’s door again, but when she sees his distinctive birthmark drawn in chocolate on one of the victims, she knows she doesn’t have a choice.

As the body count rises and the clues become more and more personal, Katie and Nathan join forces for one final case together.

Why is The Cartoonist using Katie and Nathan’s own dark secrets as calling cards on his victims? What does he want, and how many more innocent lives will be taken before they can crack his disturbing riddle?

**To find a murderer, first you need to think like a murderer. The Cartoonist doesn’t just know this, he’s *counting* on it…**

**An absolutely nail-biting serial killer thriller perfect for anyone who loved the twisted mind games in *Hannibal*. Fans of M.J. Arlidge, Helen Fields and Rachel Abbott will not want to miss this page-turning debut!**