To Begin the End: An Alicia Friend Investigation: 7

When hallucinations prove real the end of sanity is near.In recent years Detective Inspector Alicia Friend has seen herself descend from a perky often annoyingly-happy analyst into a CID detective facing the everyday violence intimidation and apathy that has caused so many police officers before her to grow jaded - something Alicia swore would never happen to her.Now a young woman whom Alicia needs to protect has seen a figure that all had assumed imaginary step out from her nightmares into the real world.The Skinny Man is here.But this isnt some supernatural phantom. This is a person a human obsessed with the legacy of one of Alicias former cases and he will kill torture and manipulated anyone to get what he wants.As Alicia battles to keep her own secrets she must pull apart the fractured mind of a devious and cunning killer as well as protect the would-be victim.But with so much at stake the past cannot stay buried forever.To Begin the End sees the chapter of Alicia Friends life for so long defined by the Century Killer case finally draw to a thrilling conclusion.--------------------The Alicia Friend series1. His First His Second2. In Black In White3. With Courage With Fear4. A Friend In Spirit5. To Hide To Seek (novella)6. A Flood of Bones7. To Begin the End