The Watcher

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When you see him, it's already too late
Four days before Christmas, a young woman's body is found in a ditch in the grounds of Edinburgh Castle, the discovery rendered even more terrifying by the message 'More Will Die' written on her body in blood. Soon, the prophecy is fulfilled, more young women disappear - all redheads - their bodies later found bludgeoned to death, their feet severed.

Quickly dubbed 'The Edinburgh Ripper', the murders bring the city to its knees. It might be the season of goodwill but its citizens live in fear of becoming the latest victim.

Headstrong young lawyer Brodie McLennan teams up with DI Duncan Bancho in an effort to discover the identity of this warped killer. Soon, their investigations uncover a ring of human traffickers, selling Eastern European women as sex slaves, a depraved group called the Hobbyists and a clandestine internet chat room.

Unbeknownst to Brodie, the killer's web is spinning ever closer to her and her teenaged half sister Connie, recently back in her life. When Connie is reported missing, Brodie must quickly uncover the Ripper's identity - before her own flesh and blood becomes the latest victim.

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Author Bio

Grace Monroe is the pseudonym of Maria Thomson and Linda Watson-Brown. Maria was born in Edinburgh, and graduated with a law degree in her early 20s. A year after qualifying, Maria was made a partner in an Edinburgh law firm. Maria met her husband-to-be, Gordon, already a partner in a rival firm. The couple now have four children and live in Kingussie, in the Scottish Highlands. Maria stopped practising law some years ago and since then has worked as a hypnotherapist, stage hypnotist and fertility counsellor amongst many things. A completely new start in the Scottish Highlands has afforded Maria the chance to start the next chapter in her life - as a writer. After ten years as a Politics lecturer in Scottish universities, Linda Watson-Brown began a journalistic career as a columnist at The Scotsman. She went on to write on a regular basis for the Daily Mail, Big Issue, Daily Record, Sunday Herald and Independent amongst others and also developed a career as a ghostwriter. Her first ghost-written book, The Step Child, was published in 2006 and quickly became a Sunday Times bestseller. She is now working on a screenplay of the book, as well as continuing with ghost-writing and fiction. She and her family live in the North-East of Scotland. In 2003, Maria and Linda met and became firm friends. They soon realised that they should put their talents and experiences together and write as a team. Dark Angels is the first novel in a planned series featuring Brodie MacLennan.