I Am Watching
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“Kavanagh keeps the suspense high to the chilling conclusion.”
—Publishers Weekly
From a distance, they seem to be sleeping. Three bodies, sitting propped up against the ancient stones of Hadrian’s Wall. Until a closer look reveals the horror of their too-white faces.
The victims were found by schoolgirl Isla Bell, out on an early morning run along the historic site. That day changed the small town of Briganton forever, and shaped Isla’s life. Twenty years later, she’s a professor of criminal psychology, wrestling with the question that still haunts her: why? Why did Heath McGowan kill those people—and two more besides—before he was finally caught by Isla’s police detective father?
At last, Isla has a chance to get answers when Heath agrees to take part in her research. Isla’s husband, Ramsey—the only one of Heath’s victims to survive—cautions her against the meeting. But no matter how ready Isla feels to peer within a killer’s mind, there is no way to prepare for the fresh horror about to engulf Briganton. Another body is found, displayed just as before . . . and then another. Is this a copycat, or could the truth be darker still?
“The red herring-filled conclusion should surprise even the most careful reader.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Smart, fierce, and absorbing, this is a novel that begs to be read deep into the night.”
—Foreword Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In 1996, 15-year-old Isla Bell, the heroine of this engrossing mystery from Kavanagh (The Missing Hours), finds three bodies strangled and lined up against Hadrian's Wall in the moorlands of Brigandon, England. Two more murders follow before Isla's father, Det. Sgt. Eric Bell, apprehends the killer, Heath McGowan, and gains widespread fame that propels him to a successful law enforcement career. Twenty years later, Isla is a professor of criminal psychology at the University of Northumberland, where she studies the minds of serial killers. When a woman is found strangled and propped against Hadrian's wall, Briganton once again is overtaken with fear. Brought in to solve the case, Eric insists on running the investigation his own way and clashes with a relatively new member of the force, Det. Constable Mina Arian, over how to proceed. Meanwhile, Isla persuades the incarcerated Heath to take part in her research. As more victims turn up, the police wonder whether a copycat is at work, or is the killer getting help from Heath? Kavanagh keeps the suspense high to the chilling conclusion.
