[DCI Marlin 03] • Deadly Intent

**Mark Rennie is a serial killer. After taking the lives of four women during his college years, he’s now a free man…**

While in prison, he wrote a book attempting to clear his name, as he wants to change his image. He also wants revenge on the people who put him away.

Dr Aldous ‘Al’ Andrews wrote the profile that led to Rennie being caught. He also wrote a book about the case, becoming a little bit famous in the process.

When he sees Rennie walking free, he knows his old nemesis is in no way a changed man.

DCI Peter Marlin helped bring Rennie to justice. While working on another case with Al, the case of a serial killer named the Phantom who targeted prostitutes, fellow DCI Sue Scott was killed.

Scott believed that Al was a likely suspect in the killings, and when she died, with Al nearby, Marlin started to wonder about his friend and colleague, Dr. Al.

It’s not too long before Rennie is on the talk show circuit, peddling his book. When he appears on the Linda Dear Show, Dr Al is also a guest.

Al hopes to show the world that Rennie is still an evil, twisted man, but Rennie gets the upper hand, making a fool of Al. It’s now a battle between the two, a battle that will only end in death.

Jeff Stanley is a reporter for the Herald. Tired of hack journalism, he decides to write a series of articles about the people connected to the Phantom case, and reveal the kinky secrets he discovers. And no one is safe, including Lara, Al’s young, gorgeous girlfriend, Al, Rennie and DCI Marlin.

When a body appears, a body bearing the same MO as the now dead Phantom, DCI Marlin is not sure what to think. Marlin is not sure if they have a copycat, or if maybe the Phantom was the wrong man to begin with.

And when he learns one of the dead prostitutes had been booked by a man named Al Andrews, Marlin and the police take notice.

Marlin has his work set out for him, as more bodies show up, and all with a tale to tell. But when Rennie sets his sights on Lara, he goes too far, and Al takes the law into his own hands.

In the end, it comes down to a battle between Al and Rennie, but it turns out some people just aren’t that easy to kill…

*Deadly Intent* is a chilling crime thriller, filled with suspense and dark mystery that will keep you hooked.