In Court One, the most renowned courtroom reserved for the
worse crime cases in London's Old Bailey, a verdict is
expected in the "Cremation Killer" trial. Detective William
Layton-Fawkes, nicknamed, Wolf, by his Metro Police
acquaintances, waits unsure and impatient. Wolf is the
arresting officer in this brutal murder case. 27 murders in
27 days, all prostitutes aged 14-16. All found heavily
sedated, ablaze, and burned alive. The man on trial is a
British Sunni cab driver, Naguib Khalid, with a past history
of arson. Wolf and his crew presented damning evidence
against Khalid including DNA of three of the victims found
in the backseat of Khalid's cab. The case begins to fall
apart when the DNA is tossed out, alibis begin to come
forward to help Khalid, while the reputation and character
of Wolf is severely damaged, ruining his career and his
marriage. A strong letter to the court suggests Wolf be
reassigned and a mental evaluation take place. What is
happening here and who is behind taking Wolf down? When a
not-guilty verdict is read, Detective Fawkes loses it and
attacks Khalid, almost killing him. Security guards
overtake him and when he regains consciousness he is in a
psychiatric hospital where he is kept for several years.
What happened to Justice?
Four years pass until Wolf is reinstated at Metro police.
Now divorced from Andrea, an ambitious TV reporter, he
lives alone in a dump in a rundown neighborhood. One
evening he responds to a police call directly across the
street and finds horror. A body contorted into an
unnatural pose that appears to be floating. It is one body
with six victims sewn together, a hanging collection of
dismemberment. A large black, male head, on one side, a
tanned female counterpart on the other; sewn to a slender
female torso. A black leg attached to the torso; one white
leg, all sown together with hundreds of invisible threads
held in place on industrial metal hooks. An outstretched
white arm with perfectly manicured purple nails, point
directly to Wolf's apartment. It is called the Rag Doll.
Baxter, Wolf's partner, her new assistant, tenacious
Edmunds, and old friend and boss, Simmons, form a team to
find out who created the Rag Doll and why? Andrea receives
anonymous pictures of the victims, along with a list of six
people to be murdered with the date it will occur. On the
list is Wolf, her ex. Get ready to roll in a tangled web of
murders, revenge, with the killer always one step ahead of
the police.
RAG DOLL is the debut novel from Daniel Cole who is a new
voice that must be heard. He writes brilliantly with an
unexpected touch of humor. Top marks for this chilling
tale with intricate twists, lies, betrayals, deep dark
secrets, and a hero who is worth rooting for. Look forward
to a sequel soon, I hope. You have a fan.
William Fawkes, a controversial detective known as The Wolf, has just been reinstated to his post after he was suspended for assaulting a vindicated suspect. Still under psychological evaluation, Fawkes returns to the force eager for a big case. When his former partner and friend, Detective Emily Baxter, calls him to a crime scene, he’s sure this is it: the body is made of the dismembered parts of six victims, sewn together like a puppet—a corpse that becomes known as “The Ragdoll.” Fawkes is tasked with identifying the six victims, but that gets dicey when his reporter ex-wife anonymously receives photographs from the crime scene, along with a list of six names, and the dates on which the Ragdoll Killer plans to murder them. The final name on the list is Fawkes. Baxter and her trainee partner, Alex Edmunds, hone in on figuring out what links the victims together before the killer strikes again. But for Fawkes, seeing his name on the list sparks a dark memory, and he fears that the catalyst for these killings has more to do with him—and his past—than anyone realizes. With a breakneck pace, a twisty plot, and a wicked sense of humor, Ragdoll announces the arrival of the hottest new brand in crime fiction.
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