Birdman — Mo Hayder

Some crimes shock. Some crimes horrify. And some defy the imagination. In her mesmerizing novel, Mo Hayder steers into a nightmarish world of victims and their victimizer.. . and of a cop crashing up against his own limits as a man.

Detective Jack Caffery can stare down hardened criminals--but can't say good-bye to the woman he no longer loves. Still haunted by the decades-old murder of his brother, Caffery slips easily into the case of five mutilated women, whose corpses, found on the outskirts of London, yield a treasure trove of abominations.. . including the little present found inside their bodies. Caffery knows his department is looking in the wrong place. But he cannot guess at the forces he's up against, the true darkness of a killer's heart, or the worst revelation of all...for as the manhunt builds to a furious crescendo, a killer is cornered. For a terrified city, the nightmare is finally over. Or is it?