Published for the first time in the UK, this was originally published in the 1980s in the US, and this edition features an introduction by the author. Medical examiner Kat Novak fears a serial killer is on the loose, but the mayor won't listen as her top suspect is an important, prominent citizen ‘Head-to-head with Nicci French and Karin Slaughter’ Daily MirrorTHE FIRST BODY IS A MYSTERY. She's young. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets - except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside.
