Beautiful Death

This gritty crime thriller plunges readers into the seedy underbelly of London, where a calculating serial killer is leaving a trail of gruesome murders, each victim's face horrifically "trophied." Under the immense pressure of a terrified public and a desperate police force, DCI Jack Hawksworth leads the investigation from New Scotland Yard into the city's darkest corners and the dangerous frontiers of modern medicine. The stakes are visceral and high from the very first page, promising a relentless hunt for a truly monstrous antagonist.

McIntosh masterfully builds a chilling atmosphere of dread, making the procedural details of the manhunt as compelling as the psychological terror. Readers who crave dark, intelligent thrillers in the vein of Mo Hayder or early Karin Slaughter will be immediately hooked by the intricate plotting and the grim reality of the investigative work. This is a story that gets under your skin, a brutal and unflinching look at the cost of hunting evil, leaving you looking over your shoulder long after the final page.