The clock is ticking-Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job - transferred out of uniform and assigned to Oldcastle-s biggest ongoing murder investigation: Operation Telegram, hunting the -Fortnight Killer-. Every two weeks another couple is targeted. One victim is left at the scene, their corpse used as a twisted message board. The second body is never seen again. This should be the perfect chance for Angus to prove himself, but instead of working on the investigation-s front line, he-s lumbered with the forensic psychologist from hell. A jetlagged, sarcastic, know-it-all American, on loan from the FBI, who seems determined to alienate everyone while dragging Angus into a shadowy world of conspiracies, lies, and violence. It-s been twelve days since the Fortnight Killer last struck, and the investigation-s running out of time. The darkness is growing, and if Angus isn-t careful, it-ll swallow him whole-
