The Slaughter Man Av Tony Parsons

<b>A murdered family. A dying serial killer. A missing child. DC Max Wolfe hunts a pitiless killer through the streets of London. </b>By the <i>Sunday Times </i>number one bestselling author of <i>The Murder Bag</i>.<br><br><b>'This is brilliant stuff!' </b>Peter James<br><b>'The colourful plot races through the pages'</b> <i>Times</i><br><b>'A remarkable novel on multiple levels' </b><i>Booklist</i><br><b>______________</b><br><br><b>On New Year's Day,</b> a wealthy family is found slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community in north London, their youngest child stolen away.<br><br>The murder weapon - a gun for stunning cattle before they are butchered - leads Detective Max Wolfe to a dusty corner of Scotland Yard's Black Museum devoted to a killer who thirty years ago was known as the Slaughter Man.<br><br>But the Slaughter Man has done his time, and is now old and dying. Can he really be back in the game?<br><br>And was the murder of a happy family a mindless killing spree, a grotesque homage by a copycat killer - or a contract hit designed to frame a dying man?<br><br>All Max knows is that he needs to find the missing child and stop the killer before he destroys another innocent family - or finds his way to his own front door ...<br><br><b>Even the happiest of families have black, twisted secrets that someone is ready to kill for...<br>______________<br><br><i>Readers can't get enough of The Slaughter Man . . .</i><br><br>***** '</b>WOW !!!'<br><b>***** '</b>It's just an altogether enjoyable read. I can't wait to go back and read the rest of the series.'<br><b>***** '</b>If you enjoy intelligent, well written crime fiction, then add Max Wolfe to your reading list'<br><b>***** '</b>An excellent and thrilling read.'<br><b>***** '</b>Absolutely brilliant! This was something different altogether..........WOW!'