The Crucifix Killer

The Crucifix Killer

Cross your heart and hope to die. Quickly.

Hunter stared at the dead woman's face. His mind struggling to understand what his eyes were seeing.
'Sweet God in heaven!'
An incessant swarm of flies were swirling around her body creating a relentless buzzing sound, but they left her face alone. Her skinless face. A shapeless mass of muscle tissue.
'Hunter! You finally decided to show up.' Captain Bolter was standing across the room next to Doctor Winston, the Chief Medical Examiner.
Hunter stared at the woman for a few more seconds before diverting his attention to the captain. 'Somebody skinned her?' he questioned from the door way, his voice carrying a tone of disbelief.
'Alive... someone skinned her alive,' Doctor Winston's calm voice correct Hunter, 'She died hours after her skin had been ripped off her face…'

When the body of a young woman is discovered in a derelict cottage in the middle of Los Angeles National Forest, Homicide Detective Robert Hunter finds himself entering a horrible and recurring nightmare. Naked and strung between two wooden posts, the victim's skin has been ripped from her face. A double cross is carved into the nape of her neck- a trade mark instantly recognisable as the signature of a psychopath known as the Crucifix Killer.

But this is impossible, because two years ago the Crucifix Killer was caught and executed.

Could this be the work of a copycat killer? Someone who has somehow accessed intricate details of the earlier murders- details that were never made public? Or will Homicide Detective Robert Hunter to be forced to face the unthinkable? Is the real Crucifix Killer still out there, ready to embark on another vicious killing spree, selecting his victims seemingly at random, taunting Hunter with his inability to catch him?

Robert Hunter and his rookie partner are about to enter a nightmare beyond imagining…

Chris Carter was born in Brazil of Italian origin, Chris Carter studied psychology and criminal behaviour at the University of Michigan. As a member of the Michigan State District Attorney's Criminal Psychology team, he interviewed and studied many criminals, including serial and multiple homicide offenders with life imprisonment convictions. Having departed for Los Angeles in the early 1990's, Chris spent ten years as a guitarist for numerous Glam Rock bands before leaving the music business to write full-time. He now lives in London.

The Crucifix Killer
Simon and Schuster
Author: Chris Carter
ISBN: 9781847375384
Price: $32.99