The Darkness Around Her
Author: The Darkness Around Her (retail) (epub)
Category: Other2
Published: 2019
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Read OnlineHe says he's thekiller. You know he's lying. You just don't know why. One freezing December night, the body of young, vulnerable,Lizzie Barnsley is found on the side of an isolated canal. When blood from herstiletto heel matches that on a wound on the head of Peter Box, police swiftlydeclare him the prime suspect in her murder.Criminal lawyer, Dan Grant, is called in to provide Peter Box'slegal defence, along with investigator, Jayne Brett. They need answers from Box– but he's not talking.As they dig deeper into the case, they discover that thisbrutal slaying is just the latest in a series of deaths in the Northern town ofHighford, starting with the murder of teenager Rosie Smith a decade ago. Bloodspatter linked her stepfather, Sean Martin, to the crime – so why did Peter Boxtry to claim he'd killed young Rosie?As the investigation deepens, and more murders along thetowpaths come to light – murders that can't be linked to Peter Box...