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Award-winning noir writer Sam Millar is in fine form in this, the fourth instalment in the Karl Kane series. A young girl disappears after escaping from a religious orphanage, and another is caught on grainy film being abducted as her family home burns down. While investigating the missing girls, Karl Kane catches a glimpse of a demon from his past - could it be that Walter Arnold, the monster who raped and murdered his mother, is walking the streets again? Kane is determined that this time he will face down his darkest fears and confront the evil killer.

Private Investigator Karl Kane returns to the streets of Belfast investigating the discovery of a severed hand. Karl believes it’s the work of an elusive serial killer, but the police are claiming a simple vendetta between local criminals.  

Karl embarks on a nightmarish journey as he attempts to solve the mystery and soon he’s suspecting Mark Wilson, his detested ex brother-in-law. But as the winter days become darker, Karl discovers that Wilson is more than a match for him when it comes to dirty dealing and even dirtier fighting, as he battles to keep from becoming the next victim.

Young homeless women and drug addicts are being abducted before being brutally mutilated and murdered, and a city is held in a grip of unspeakable terror. The cops are unable - or unwilling - to apprehend the elusive serial killer, and corrupt politicians turn a seemingly blind and almost approving eye to the catalogue of murders. The perpetrator is cunning, wealthy and influential. More importantly, he has never once made a mistake in his grisly calling - until now. By abducting Katie, the young daughter of legendary private investigator Karl Kane, the killer has just made his first mistake, which could well turn out to be his last.  

Karl Kane, l'irréductible privé de Belfast, est confronté à Walter Arnold, l'homme qui a brutalement assassiné sa mère sous ses yeux, quand il était enfant, avant de le laisser pour mort à côté du cadavre. Quand une très jeune fille disparaît après l'incendie suspect de la maison familiale, Kane le soupçonne aussitôt. De fait, Arnold, inexplicablement libéré après de nombreuses années en prison, séquestre l'adolescente ainsi que Tara, une proie moins innocente qu'il y paraît.

Dans Belfast qu'épuise une vague de chaleur inhabituelle, un prédateur s'attaque à de très jeunes femmes, des junkies, des laissés-pour-compte de la société. À chaque corps retrouvé atrocement mutilé, il manque le foie et les reins. Il apparaît bientôt que le tueur est animé par une perversion très singulière...

Il neige dru sur Belfast lorsque, tôt le matin, Karl Kane, allant chercher le lait devant sa porte, y trouve aussi une main sectionnée. La deuxième à se matérialiser dans la ville en quelques semaines. Que signifient ces macabres cartes de visite ? Attiré par la récompense substantielle qu'offre un homme d'affaires inquiet pour la réputation de la ville, Kane enquête. Un caïd local, brute impitoyable qui contrôle la drogue et la prostitution, retient son attention.

Il s'en passe de belles, à Belfast, cet hiver-là... Deux mains gauches sont découvertes dans les entrailles d'un sanglier abattu à la chasse. Vingt ans plus tôt, c’étaient des chiens sauvages échappés du zoo qui déchiquetaient les corps... Et il ne fait pas bon s'attarder dans les bars : une femme mystérieuse - pute ou pas pute ? - attire plusieurs hommes de la ville dans ses filets, puis s'offre à leurs dépens des séances de torture raffinées avant de les achever.

Karl Kane is a private investigator with a dark past. As a child, he witnessed the brutal rape and murder of his mother. The same man sexually molested Karl, leaving him for dead with horrific knife wounds covering his body. Years later, Karl has a chance to avenge his mother's murder by killing the man responsible. The opportunity arises on one unforgettable Good Friday night. For reasons he later regards as cowardice, Karl allows the opportunity to slip through his hands.