Murder: Mayhem and Murder Book II

From the Number One bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes: Jack the Ripper is vanished, but Dr Thomas Bond is back - and this time the trial of murders leads straight to his front door. Dr Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, is still recovering from the events of the previous year when Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London - and a more malign enemy hid in his shadow. Bond and the others who worked on the gruesome case are still stalked by its legacies, both psychological and tangible. 'A compulsively readable story that starts as a conventional murder mystery and morphs, by degrees, into a horrifying supernatural thriller' Guardian But now the bodies of children are being pulled from the Thames . . . and Bond is about to become inextricably linked with an uncanny, undying enemy.'Few writers blend mystery and the supernatural as well as Sarah Pinborough. Quite, quite brilliant' says John Connolly

The Book Plank

"With Murder, Sarah Pinborough has really stepped up her game . . . Pinborough went above and beyond my expectations . . . a must read. It's a non-stop, quite disturbing ride through one of London's darkest parts of history, with an amazing cast and brilliant storyteller!

Liz Loves Books

"intelligent and engaging"

Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)

"Deeply disturbing . . . The author's ingenuity in weaving her macabre plot becomes fully evident by the powerful, jaw-dropping end, and she skillfully instills fear in the reader even with innocuous phrases."

Aleksandra Kesek, Fantasy Faction

"Murder is deeply dark, intelligent and exquisitely gruesome . . . [an] amazing and vibrant portrayal of Victorian London with the tangible gaps in the layers of society and between the innocent and the evil. Sarah Pinborough has written another superb book which from the beginning to the end keeps the reader on the proverbial edge of their seat . . . Murder is a poignant and unputdownable novel of the darkness of humanity and haunting malevolence with an exquisite dose of horror and supernatural."

SciFiNow

"It's grim, gruesome and gripping, and it's tremendous fun."

About the Author

Sarah Pinborough is a critically acclaimed horror, thriller and YA author.Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies. Her novel The Hidden is currently in development as the movie "Cracked", and she has another original screenplay under option. She has written for New Tricks on the BBC and has a three-part TV series in development with World Productions. She was the 2009 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story, and has been short-listed three times for Best Novel. Her novella The Language of Dying was short-listed for the Shirley Jackson Award, and won the 2010 British. Her latest book is Behind Her Eyes.

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