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DI Laura Scott #1
A Deadly Compulsion
Detective Inspector Laura Scott is making a fresh start. Following the accidental death of her daughter, Kara, she has transferred from the Met up to Yorkshire. The slower pace of life and change of scene proves beneficial, up until three young women are brutally murdered. Laura has to face the fact that a serial killer is operating on her patch, and the case file has landed on her desk. With no forensic evidence or apparent motive, Laura soon – and unofficially – contacts an old friend who had also been her lover; Jim Elliott, an ex-FBI profiler now living in the UK and running a successful PR company in London. Jim reluctantly agrees to consult on the case, to bring his ‘mind hunting’ skills to the aid of Laura and her team, to hopefully identify and apprehend the homicidal maniac known as the Tacker.
296 pages, Paperback
Published March 10, 2016
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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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November 1, 2019
Excellent read
I throughly enjoyable thus book. I guesses The protagonist quite early in, but this did not in any way detract from my experience of reading this book. I will def look for more from this author. The relationship between Laura and Jim needs exploring and I hope in the next book that they get there happy ending.
I throughly enjoyable thus book. I guesses The protagonist quite early in, but this did not in any way detract from my experience of reading this book. I will def look for more from this author. The relationship between Laura and Jim needs exploring and I hope in the next book that they get there happy ending.
March 26, 2016
Brilliant
This book is action packed . Amazing story line, I wait for d I Scott book two. I have read all Michael's book I think the is the best so far
This book is action packed . Amazing story line, I wait for d I Scott book two. I have read all Michael's book I think the is the best so far
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