A Cry of Shadows

<p>Professor Ian Delaney has a theory no university will tolerate: that the human soul can be captured at the moment of death. Fired from his post in Australia after Agirl dies in his home laboratory he reinvents himself as a Wal-Mart unloader in small-town Illinois and quietly begins to kill.</p><p>Wayne Richardson kills for simpler reasons. His ex-girlfriend walked out. Nobody walks out on Wayne. Now every young brunette in Collinsville is in danger and the body count is climbing.</p><p>When Delaney recognises a fellow predator he offers Wayne something irresistible: a partnership. Wayne provides the victims. Delaney provides the science. Together they are almost untouchable.</p><p>Detective John Barnes suspects the truth. He cannot prove it. And with his superiors ordering the investigation closed time is running out for the women of Collinsville.</p><p><em>Content warning: This book contains graphic depictions of murder torture and sexual violence including the killing of a child. Reader discretion is advised.</em></p>