The Burning Woman A bloodtingling serialkiller crime thriller for summer 2025

<p>''Breathtakingly original, and a captivating sense of place'' <b>VAL McDERMID</b><br>''A brilliantly inventive and twisty tale'' <b>CLAIRE McGOWAN</b>, bestselling author of <i>The Push</i><br>''A distinctive, intriguing, immersive debut'' <b>MARI HANNAH</b>, multi-award winning author of <i>Without a Trace </i><br><br>A local woman is found in a children''s playground, tied up and burned to death. Her clothes are neatly folded and laid at the base of a nearby tree. Her body, charred and still smoking, is on display for all to see.<br><br>One town over, another victim is discovered in the scorched remains of a brutal fire, her clothes having been laid out just beyond the reach of the vicious flames.<br><br>Isabel Reis is called back to her post in the PolÍcia Judiciária hunt the serial killer and extinguish the red-hot city of Lisbon, or will she too get caught up in the smoke of the fire burning so close to home . . .<br><br><b>The blood-tingling final instalment in the critically acclaimed Inspector Reis series propels us back to Portugal, right into the path of a serial killer.</b></p>