Purchase

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Books-A-Million

Indie BookShop

Ripped Bodice

Add to Wish List

Also by Chris Simms:

Hell?s Fire, July 2008
Paperback
Killing the Beasts, June 2008
Trade Size (reprint)
Shifting Skin, June 2008
Paperback
Savage Moon, September 2007
Paperback
Pecking Order, March 2005
Paperback
Outside The White Lines, February 2004
Paperback

KILLING THE BEASTS
By: Chris Simms

Detective Jon Spicer Thrillers
Orion
June 2008
On Sale: May 28, 2008
Featuring: Detective Jon Spicer
320 pages
ISBN: 0752877992
EAN: 9780752877990
Trade Size (reprint)
Add to Wish List

Mystery | Thriller Police Procedural

Manchester, 2002. The Commonwealth Games are coming to town and the city is alive with possibilities. Caught up in the commercial feeding frenzy is Tom Benwell, account manager at an advertising firm. The pressure is getting to Tom - too many deals to make and lies to tell, and the passion for his job is waning. Meanwhile his friend, DI Jon Spicer, is on the fast track, showing a commitment to the job that borders on obsession, or so his girlfriend Alice tells him.

Then, in the aftermath of the Games, a series of brutal killings shatters the city's new found spirit. Jon Spicer gets the case. Each victim has been murdered in the same bizarre and grotesque manner, yet the lack of motive leaves the police utterly baffled.

With the race on to catch the killer, both men find themselves caught up in a nightmare where the most innocent action can cost the highest price. In this nail-biting crime thriller, Chris Simms draws us into the shadows that lurk behind the city’s shiny new exterior, then plunges us into the mind of a madman.