Birdman (Jack Caffery #1)
Author(s): Mo Hayder
Greenwich, south-east London. Detective Inspector Jack Caffery - young, driven, unshockable - is called to one of the most gruesome crime scenes he has ever seen. Five young women have been ritualistically murdered and dumped on wasteland near the Dome. Subsequent post-mortems reveal a singular, horrific signature linking the victims. Soon Caffery realises that he is on the trail of that most dangerous offender: a serial killer. Beset by animosity within the police force, haunted by the memory of a very personal death long ago, Caffery employs every weapon forensic science can offer to hunt him down. Because he knows that it is only a matter of time before this sadistic killer strikes again ...
General Information
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.272
- : 31 October 2008
- : 198mm X 128mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2013
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Mo Hayder
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 823.92
- : 400
More About The Product
Mo Hayder's terrifying first novel introducing DI Jack Caffery - now reissued in B-format paperback.
"Not for the faint-hearted... what sets Birdman apart is Hayder's talent" Sunday Express "A first-class shocker... a frightening mix of forensics, thrills, analytical police work and poetic images... a young writer in touch with her dark side and a major new talent" Guardian "Wickedly constructed... Her cast of suspects is the most spooky since Dickens... The detail, if you can stomach it, is fascinating" Daily Telegraph "Hayder's vibrant narrative and crunchy characterisation propel the book along to its denouement with fearsome velocity" The Times
After leaving school at fifteen, Mo Hayder worked as a barmaid, security guard, film-maker, hostess in a Tokyo club, educational administrator and teacher of English as a foreign language in Asia. She has an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University, where she now teaches. She is the author of Birdman, The Treatment, Tokyo, Pig Island, and Ritual all of which have been Sunday Times bestsellers.