Killing the Shadows
by Val McDermid
- First published 2000
- 624 pages
- English
A serial killer is on the loose, blurring the line between fact and fiction as their targets are crime novelists who have popularized psychological profilers. This killer operates outside conventional understanding, making the hunt for them exceptionally challenging.
Professor Fiona Cameron, an academic psychologist known for using computer technology to track serial offenders, finds herself drawn into the case when a fellow crime writer is murdered. Despite a past vow to never work with the Met police again after a botched investigation, Fiona cannot ignore the escalating danger, especially when her own lover, a thriller writer, becomes a potential target. Caught in a race against time, Fiona must confront a menacing threat that promises a tense confrontation between hunter and hunted, seeking both professional and personal redemption.
Professor Fiona Cameron, an academic psychologist known for using computer technology to track serial offenders, finds herself drawn into the case when a fellow crime writer is murdered. Despite a past vow to never work with the Met police again after a botched investigation, Fiona cannot ignore the escalating danger, especially when her own lover, a thriller writer, becomes a potential target. Caught in a race against time, Fiona must confront a menacing threat that promises a tense confrontation between hunter and hunted, seeking both professional and personal redemption.
- Genres
- Fiction › Crime & mysteryFiction › Thriller & suspenseFiction › Literary fiction › Psychological fictionFiction › Religious fiction
- Themes
- Crime & justice › Serial killersArt & creativity › Writers & writingCrime & justice › MurderSchool & education › TeachersGender › Womanhood
- Where and when
- England
- Style
- Form: Novel
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Details & editions
- This edition
- Harpercollins, 2020
- ISBN
- 9780007344642
- Language
- English
Original edition Killing the Shadows Originally published in 2000 · English · Isis Publishing Ltd









