Addicted to Kill

A serial killer is raping and strangling women in the east end of London, and due to the fact that he leaves a recognisable, highly individual signature at the scenes, it is obvious that he is leaving his mark, to let it be known to the authorities and the public at large that the crimes are being committed by the same perpetrator.

Newly promoted DCI Matt Barnes of the Special Crimes Unit is given the case to investigate, because his squad was formed to primarily hunt down serial killers.

Another young woman is murdered by the offender, who the press has tagged the East End Strangler, and Matt and the team know that they are on the clock, pitting their wits in a race against time to save more women from the fate that has befallen prior victims.

The killer is game-playing with the SCU, making brief contact by using the dead women’s mobile phones to communicate and tell them the locations of the corpses.

With no apparent intersection between the murdered women, and no obvious motive to lead the squad in any particular direction, all they can do is rely on meagre forensic trace evidence, and hope that the killer makes a mistake that will lead them to his door.


Genre: Mystery