Sordid Shadows: A Novel Noir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9791221002423)

Pulp fiction author Carl Kenning writes shocking stories. Violence and perversion are his favourite themes, and making money is his goal.

The vicious murder of a young nurse, which copies the murder of a schoolgirl thirty years ago, is just the kind of thing Carl likes to write about. His plan is simple: churn out a book and pocket the profit.

Two women-an ambitious journalist and a police officer with a troubled life-want the murderer behind bars and decades-old wrongs to be paid for. Nothing will stop them. But Carl stands in their way and is dragged into an unsettling game of cat-and-mouse.

When more violent deaths enter the headlines, and the fear of a psychopathic killer on the prowl grips the audience, Carl gets more than he has bargained for. The lesson he learns is hard: never dig into anyone's past, or you may put your own life in danger, and the lives of the people you care about!