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A Hunger Within
A young, single woman becomes the fourth victim to be executed in a manner that has all the hallmarks of a professional hitman’s work.
DI Frank Ryan of the SCU – Special Crimes Unit – heads up the investigation.
With no trace evidence, no apparent connection between the victims, and the fact that these are not sexually motivated murders, Ryan knows that he and his squad are searching for a meticulous and organised repeat killer.
With gangland connections including Ray ‘The Torch’ Savino, and Sergei Gorchev, the Russian Mafia’s top man in London, the sociopathic predator takes life for money, and also for personal gratification.
Ryan and his new boss, divorced DCI Julie Brannigan ask Dr. David Wilde, a criminal psychologist, to consult, develop a profile with critical offender characteristics, and suggest any proactive strategies they might employ to draw the perpetrator out.
The killer is a computer expert, able to shed his identity and become someone else if he feels at risk. No one who is against him is safe. He is paranoid, consumed by hatred and becomes obsessed with exacting revenge on all those determined to bring his reign of terror to an end.
With his feelings for Julie escalating, Ryan has to try and juggle his career, the current case, and the prospect of having an affair with a senior officer.
As more people die at the hands of the seemingly out of control stone killer, Ryan is determined to bring him to book or, if necessary, mete out his own particular brand of rough justice
Ryan will come to know that his adversary is more dangerous than a wounded lion; a man who will use any means to stay at liberty, even targeting anyone close to Ryan in a bid to make him back off.
DI Frank Ryan of the SCU – Special Crimes Unit – heads up the investigation.
With no trace evidence, no apparent connection between the victims, and the fact that these are not sexually motivated murders, Ryan knows that he and his squad are searching for a meticulous and organised repeat killer.
With gangland connections including Ray ‘The Torch’ Savino, and Sergei Gorchev, the Russian Mafia’s top man in London, the sociopathic predator takes life for money, and also for personal gratification.
Ryan and his new boss, divorced DCI Julie Brannigan ask Dr. David Wilde, a criminal psychologist, to consult, develop a profile with critical offender characteristics, and suggest any proactive strategies they might employ to draw the perpetrator out.
The killer is a computer expert, able to shed his identity and become someone else if he feels at risk. No one who is against him is safe. He is paranoid, consumed by hatred and becomes obsessed with exacting revenge on all those determined to bring his reign of terror to an end.
With his feelings for Julie escalating, Ryan has to try and juggle his career, the current case, and the prospect of having an affair with a senior officer.
As more people die at the hands of the seemingly out of control stone killer, Ryan is determined to bring him to book or, if necessary, mete out his own particular brand of rough justice
Ryan will come to know that his adversary is more dangerous than a wounded lion; a man who will use any means to stay at liberty, even targeting anyone close to Ryan in a bid to make him back off.
334 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 26, 2013
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About the author
Michael Kerr
88 books38 followersI write the type of original, action-packed, violent crime thrillers that I know I would enjoy reading if they were written by such authors as: Lee Child, David Baldacci, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly and their ilk.
Over twenty years in the Prison Service proved great research into the minds of criminals, and especially into the dark world that serial killers - of who I have met quite a few - frequent.
I live in a cottage a mile from the nearest main road in the Yorkshire Wolds, enjoy photography, the wildlife, and of course creating new characters to place in dilemmas that my mind dreams up.
What makes a good read? Believable protagonists that you care about, set in a story that stirs all of your emotions.
If you like crime fiction, then I believe that 'Deadly Reprisal' and 'A Reacher Kind of Guy - Aftermath' will push all the right buttons for you.
Over twenty years in the Prison Service proved great research into the minds of criminals, and especially into the dark world that serial killers - of who I have met quite a few - frequent.
I live in a cottage a mile from the nearest main road in the Yorkshire Wolds, enjoy photography, the wildlife, and of course creating new characters to place in dilemmas that my mind dreams up.
What makes a good read? Believable protagonists that you care about, set in a story that stirs all of your emotions.
If you like crime fiction, then I believe that 'Deadly Reprisal' and 'A Reacher Kind of Guy - Aftermath' will push all the right buttons for you.
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February 18, 2023
A Hunger Within
A unique opportunity to see into the mind of an assassin with an expert ability to disappear without trace and reinvent himself. The detective on his trail trying to see through the haze of smoke he creates to throw anyone off his scent. This story is very cleverly weaved around who either stands in their way or affects their actions. An all compelling narrative which keep you on your toes throughout. I’m a big fan of Michael Kerr and this doesn’t disappoint. I would love to see this on the big screen.
A unique opportunity to see into the mind of an assassin with an expert ability to disappear without trace and reinvent himself. The detective on his trail trying to see through the haze of smoke he creates to throw anyone off his scent. This story is very cleverly weaved around who either stands in their way or affects their actions. An all compelling narrative which keep you on your toes throughout. I’m a big fan of Michael Kerr and this doesn’t disappoint. I would love to see this on the big screen.
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