The gothic, helter-skelter thriller debut that introduces crime fiction's first ever Traveller detective, Scott Jericho.
Scott Jericho thought he'd worked his last case. Fresh out of jail, the disgraced former detective is forced to seek refuge with the fairground family he once rejected.
Then a series of bizarre murders comes to light - deaths that echo a century-old fairground legend. The police can't connect the victims. But Jericho knows how the legend goes; that more murders are certain to follow.
As Jericho unpicks the deadly mystery, a terrifying question haunts him. As a direct descendant of one of the victims in the legend, is Jericho next on the killer's list?
William Hussey is the award-winning author of over a dozen novels, including the Crime Fest award-nominated
Hideous Beauty and
The Outrage. Born the son of a travelling showman, he has spent a lifetime absorbing the history, folklore and culture of fairground people, knowledge he has now put to work in his Scott Jericho thrillers. William lives in the seaside town of Skegness with his faithful dog Bucky and a vivid imagination.
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William Hussey is the award-winning author of over a dozen novels, including the Crime Fest award-nominated Hideous Beauty and The Outrage. Born the son of a travelling showman, he has spent a lifetime absorbing the history, folklore and culture of fairground people, knowledge he has now put to work in his Scott Jericho thrillers. William lives in the seaside town of Skegness with his faithful dog Bucky and a vivid imagination.
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Disgraced and penniless after his assault on a violent suspect, former Detective Scott Jericho is forced to seek refuge with the fairground family he once rejected. Now, troubled by his failure, his brilliant mind stagnates.
That is until a series of bizarre murders reawaken his interest. Men and women with no obvious link to each other are being murdered - in ways that recall a century-old legend of the Jericho Travelling Fair.
As Jericho unpicks the threads of a baffling mystery, a helter-skelter hunt for a killer begins. But as the bodies pile up, a shocking truth awaits him. A revelation that will test not only Jericho's intellect but challenge the very core of his morality . . .
