Edward Figg Libri

The investigation by the Kent Street CID unfolds amidst a backdrop of drugs, arson, and armed robbery, ultimately revealing a trail of death and destruction. As officers pursue a ruthless killer who incinerates his victims, their probing uncovers a deeper entanglement in the sinister world of drug trafficking, leading them from one horrific crime scene to another. The narrative promises a gripping exploration of crime and its far-reaching impacts on both the victims and the investigators.

It's December. Despite heavy falls of snow and freezing conditions shutting down much of Britain, the officers of Kingsport CID are looking forward to having Christmas off... until the naked and frozen body of six-year-old Mary Chalmers, missing from Manchester for over a year, is found. Why has the dead child's face been painted like a Japanese doll? A child goes missing from the Kingsport Mall while Christmas shopping with her grandmother. Has the man the press call the 'Doll Man' struck again? Chief Inspector Bob Carter and his team need to find the child and stop the Doll Man before he takes another life. The investigation leads Carter and his team to a clifftop house in Dover, where he must risk his own life to bring the killer to justice. But justice comes in different forms...