Dexter Morgan: forensic analyst, serial killer and ... family man?

An intellectual thriller set in the Oxford of the 1660s, a time of great ferment - intellectual, religious and political. The action takes place around the suspicious death of Robert Grove, a Fellow of New College.

Two social workers, investigating reports of child abuse, appear at Brenda's door. They take her daughter Gemma away for tests. They fail to return Gemma the following day. At the same time, Banks is investigating a murder. Gradually, the leads in the two cases converge, guiding Banks to one of the terrifying criminals.

* A compelling and sophisticated crime novel in the tradition of award-winning Jose Carlos Somoza. * Using rules and axioms, there will always be some propositions that can't be proved either true or false... But can this apply to murder?

Introducing Dexter Morgan, a serial killer to fall in love with...

'Deplorably readable' Observer