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by Eric Deacon (Author)
Everyone has a calling. His is murder. A nail-biting serial killer thriller from a debut author making his mark on the genre.
When a woman staggers, naked, from a river, she has no idea that she's been saved from a killer. Everton Bowe, a cop whose career is as dead as his marriage, insists there was no one else present at the apparent suicide of a woman named Gina. But he's wrong. Meanwhile, his ex-lover, DC Helen Lake, insists there are similarities between the traumatized river woman and the cold case of three missing women; the victims, she fears, of a serial killer. So, when a strange object, matching one found on the river victim, is found in Gina's house, Everton and Helen's suspicions are raised. If someone was at Gina's house could he also be the river attacker? Is there a serial killer on the loose? If so, what is his motive--and the macabre significance of his calling card? Previously published as The Coop.Author Biography
Eric had a successful acting career, playing leading roles in TV and film including, Penmarric and Kings Royal for the BBC. London's Burning and Hard Cases for ITV. His films include the lead role in Peter Greenaway's controversial A Zed and Two Noughts. He started writing screenplays after a family illness and found almost immediate success. His scripts include the Bafta nominated, Prime Suspect and the multi IFTA nominated Relative Strangers, starring another Oscar winner, Brenda Fricker. His short film Engaged, which he wrote and directed, was short-listed for the Fuji Film and BBC awards. Whilst Orlas Song won the Best Horror UK Award. Eric has four - yes, four - screenplays in development (hell). Which is probably why he started writing novels. The Coop is his first and will form the basis of a trilogy. He has two sons, both working successfully in the television and film industry. Eric is divorced and lives in Esher with his partner, in a house once occupied by the Judge that jailed Oscar Wilde - which may or may not be a good omen for his work.
