[Calladine & Bayliss 03] • A Deadly Imperfection

Murder – Revenge – Child Abduction

This time the duo is battling a serial killer with a bucket list of victims. Each murder is an act of revenge and each unique. It soon becomes clear, however, that these crimes are linked to the disappearance of two young children from the Leesworth area, but the team are not sure how.

A new face in the area - a detective working for the neighbouring Oldston CID takes on the case of the missing kids and swiftly gets on Calladine's nerves. Stephen Greco is a perfectionist - a workaholic who misses nothing. Despite having a surprising amount in common, the two don't get on.

On the personal front - Calladine finally gets to meet his birth mother and discovers he also has a half sister and brother. Ruth has some news that floors him and he has a new love interest in his life. She is the mysterious Amaris Dean - the owner of a new age shop in Leesdon and an expert on the tarot. Useful because the killer is leaving a tarot card at the scene of each murder

**Third in the Calladine & Bayliss series of detective novels ****

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