The Child Player — William Dobson

SOMEWHERE A CHILD IS KILLING

It begins quietly enough with the “accidental” death of a social worker and the mysterious disappearance of a thirteen-year-old girl. No one could have suspected that both these events were far from accidental, or that within the body of the innocent-seeming child lurked a coldly calculating killer. Nor could anyone have predicted or prevented the devastating reign of terror that was about to sweep London.

But while the city cringed in fear and the police prayed for one lucky break in the case, death followed horrifying death in an unending bloodbath of senseless slaughter. And no one knew who the next victim would be…