The Death Sculptor

the MOST ADDICTIVE, gripping and suspenseful serial killer thriller you'll read in 2025

By: Chris Carter

Narrated by: Thomas Judd

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER

'Good job you didn't turn on the lights . . .' A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless - Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind.

For Hunter, there is no doubt that the killer is trying to communicate with the police, but the method is unlike anything he's ever seen before. And what could the hidden message be?

Just as Hunter and his partner Garcia reckon they've found a lead, a new body is found - and a new calling card. But with no apparent link between the first and second victims, all the progress they've made so far goes out of the window.

Pushed into an uncomfortable alliance with confident investigator Alice Beaumont, Hunter must race to put together the pieces of the puzzle . . . before the Death Sculptor puts the final touches to his masterpiece.

PRAISE FOR CHRIS CARTER

'A touch of Patricia Cornwell about Chris Carter's plotting' Mail on Sunday

'Gripping . . . not for the squeamish' Heat

'A page-turner' Express

Not enough info for the reader to guess right

In good detective story reader has all the information and has to be able to select the relevant bits and come to a right conclusion. Far too often there is a crucial bit of information that is revealed only to the detective. A mysterious phone call or telegram or letter. Every Poirot case ends with the theatrical reveal. Why would I read the next one if I know I'll have no chance to guess the ending and the best I can hope for is to be taken for a ride.