The Game Changer (49 page)
I want to give sincere thanks to my mother and father, Sarah
and William Ray, who travelled a difficult journey in life, but one in which they loved their children dearly. I also want to thank my husband, Robert, for his patience and understanding, especially in those moments when I paced the floors working on character and storyline. Huge thanks to my daughters, Jennifer and Lorraine, for their love and support, and special thanks to my son Graham, who helped me with so many aspects of this story.
It has been a real pleasure working with my editor Ciara Doorley and all the team at Hachette Books Ireland, and also Hazel Orme, copy editor, and Ger Nichol, my agent. Their words of encouragement meant a huge amount to me.
While writing this novel I spent some time at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Monaghan. I want to thank everyone there, both staff and visiting artists, for creating an environment where creativity can flow.
Finally, I would like to thank Dave Grogan for his support regarding some of the psychological issues explored in the story, members of An Garda Síochána, especially Detective Tom Doyle, for helping with my research, Shirley Benton for asking her daughter lots of questions, all of which helped me to develop the child voices in this story, Mary Lavelle for reading the first draft, Sheila Stone for introducing me to the concept of the raven, Carolann Copeland for giving me a wonderful location in Benalmadena to finish editing, and all my friends, who have made the journey all the more pleasurable, and lastly, but most importantly, the readers, who have brought me more encouragement and joy than I ever thought possible.
RED RIBBONS
There is a place without shadows. Where evil resides …
A missing schoolgirl is found buried in the Dublin mountains, hands clasped together in prayer, two red ribbons in her hair. Twenty-four hours later, a second schoolgirl is found in a shallow grave – her body identically arranged. The hunt for the killer is on. The police call in profiler Dr Kate Pearson to get inside the mind of the murderer before he strikes again.
But there’s one vital connection to be made – Ellie Brady, a mother institutionalised fifteen years earlier for the murder of her daughter Amy. What connects the death of Amy Brady to the murdered schoolgirls? As Kate Pearson begins to unravel the truth, danger is closer than she knows …
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THE DOLL’S HOUSE
The past is waiting …
Thirty-five years ago Adrian Hamilton drowned. At the time his death was deemed a tragic accident but the exact circumstances remain a mystery.
His daughter Clodagh now visits a hypnotherapist in an attempt to come to terms with her past, and her father’s death. As disturbing childhood memories are unleashed, memories of another tragedy begin to come to light.
Meanwhile criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson is called to assist in a murder investigation after a body is found in a Dublin canal. And when Kate digs beneath the surface of the killing, she discovers a sinister connection to the Hamilton family.
Time is running out for Clodagh and Kate.
And the killer has already chosen his next victim …
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LAST KISS
The darkest places are often within us …
At a hotel room in Dublin, the butchered body of art dealer Rick Shevlin, arranged with artistic precision like the Hanged Man from a Tarot card, is discovered.
Meanwhile, in a quiet suburb, Sandra Regan clings to her sanity as a shadowy presence moves through her home.
What connects them?
Criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson is sure that the killer has struck before and will again – soon. As Kate and DI O’Connor are plunged into an investigation which spreads to Rome and Paris, they uncover a vicious trail of sexual power and evil. But will they uncover the killer’s identity before she claims another victim?
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