The Death Watcher: The Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller
By (Author) Chris Carter
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Simon & Schuster Ltd
16th July 2025
8th May 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Psychological thriller
Crime and mystery: police procedural
Horror and supernatural fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Paperback
416
Width 130mm, Height 198mm
The 13th chilling and adrenaline-packed Robert Hunter thriller and Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller.
Gruesome but utterly riveting and all the more so for being at least partly true Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail
'Dark, chilling and full of clever little plot kinks designed to send the reader off on a wild goose chase and succeeding. Crime Fiction Lover
Prepare to be terrified Crime Monthly
When a routine autopsy on what looked like a straightforward hit-and-runleads the LA Chief Medical Examiner, Dr Carolyn Hove, to discover some puzzling inconsistencies, she calls in Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD Ultra Violent Crimes Unit. Not only did Dr Hove discover that the death wasnt caused by a hit-and-run, but she also found indications that the victim had been severely tortured prior to death.
What no one realises is that what Dr Hove has stumbled upon is just the tip of the iceberg and it will lead Hunter and his partner, Carlos Garcia, on the trail of a twisted and clever killer who hides in plain sight. A serial killer no one even knew existed a killer who has always operated under the radar, expertly disguising every gruesome murder as an accidental death.
But with no leads as to why the victim was targeted, the investigation comes to a standstill, until another body is discovered with an alternative cause of death.
What becomes clear is that this serial killer isnt going to stop unless Hunter and Garcia can get to him.
But how do you investigate a murder when you have no victims How do you catch a killer who leaves behind no crime scene How do you stop a ghost who no one can prove even exists
PRAISE FOR CHRIS CARTER:
This is a chilling, compulsive portrait of a psychopath, and proves that Carter is now in the Jeffery Deaver classDaily Mail
Carter has a background in criminal psychology and the killers at the centre of his novels are all the more terrifying for itMail on Sunday
Carter is one of those authors who makes writing look effortless . . . I couldn't put it down Crimesquad
Punchy and fast pacedSunday Mirror
Chris Carter is a top bestselling author in the United Kingdom, whose books include An Evil Mind, One By One, The Death Sculptor, The Night Stalker, The Executionerand The Crucifix Killer. He worked as a criminal psychologist for several years before moving to Los Angeles, where he swapped the suits and briefcases for ripped jeans, bandanas and an electric guitar. He is now a full-time writer living in London. Find out more at ChrisCarterBooks.com.