dESCRIPTION
I AM NEMEIN. I AM EMOTIONALLY DETACHED FROM MY KILLINGS. I AM NOT, THEREFORE, A MURDERER. I AM AN INSTRUMENT OF NEMESIS, A PUNISHER.
This is a theme running through a number of blogs on the Dark Web, written by a serial killer. He is highly intelligent and employs philosophical argument to justify a series of gruesome murders. However, he describes the killings in lurid detail, and with such gloating relish, that he utterly negates his delusion of detachment and reveals himself to be a cold-blooded, narcissistic psychopath.
Sheehan and his team rush headlong down a series of blind alleys in the pursuit of the psychopath, who continues to murder his victims with impunity. He is fiendishly clever, utterly ruthless, and tests Sheehan’s famed intuition to the limit. Indeed, Sheehan only learns the truth during a horrific climax when some members of his team experience a most harrowing ‘laceration of the soul’ that they will never be able to forget. It is unlikely that the reader will either.
Brian O’Hare
MY REVIEW
Inspector Sheehan is World-Class
“This is an amazing book! It was my first time reading an Inspector Sheehan mystery. The time was well spent and I am convinced I will be reading more.
They had a great team of investigators, a good list of suspects and a good plot overall. The story had good depth and the intricacies of an excellent crime fiction novel. If you actually pay attention, it should be possible to confirm the killer before he is revealed. I think it is commendable because clues are not hidden from the reader. They are there for you if you want to solve the mystery. And it’s not easy either.
Inspector Sheehan is a brilliant man. I would have loved to know more about the character. Perhaps I’ll start reading the series from the top. 100% recommended.”
– sYLVESTER qUILL