Product Description

'He was only a pupil, learning from a master who was uncompromising about the rules of the game he had invented. Normally he obeyed them, but with her the temptation had been too strong. Otherwise he was an adept pupil, becoming more skilled every time. This one would be his best, he was certain. Perhaps tonight he might...even...kill her.' Having survived a terrifying attack as part of an investigation, Sergeant Louise Nightingale retreats to her remote family cottage to lick her wounds, comforted in the knowledge that her attacker is behind bars. But when a serial killer starts terrorising the country, her colleague, DCI Andrew Fenwick, questions whether or not they have the right man. For Nightingale, the true nightmare has only just begun...Spine-tingling suspense with a dark underbelly of psychological terror - this is a book you will not dare put down.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17485 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 720 pages

Review
'Cleverly done and the story is genuinely exciting' Literary Review

The Scotsman
'A meticulously plotted novel that is deeply unsettling'

About the Author
ELIZABETH CORLEY was born and brought up in West Sussex. Married, with a stepdaughter, she manages to balance her passion for crime-writing with a successful position as Chief Executive, Europe for a global investment company, dividing her time between London, Germany and France. A one-time committee member and vice-chairperson of the Crime Writers' Association, Elizabeth is an active member of the organisation yet still finds the time to pursue her outside interests of travel, gardening and music.

Customer Reviews

Grave Doubts
I have to agree with the first persons review on this book I have hundreds of books but didn't know what I wanted to read I'd had this book for a few weeks as from the synopsis on the inside it sounded good. I sat down one evening after trying to get into other books but nothing was holding my attention until I picked up this book and that was it I was up all night a couple of nights engrossed in the plots it's one of the best crime writer books that I have read in a long time and even though parts of it were quite gruesome you were hooked and surprisingly very minimal amount of bad language used I can't wait until her next book now. The characters in this were very realistic and totally believable. Now I have to decide which book to read next.

Best Crime Thriller!!!
Spine-chilling!! I'm so excited to have discovered this author. By page 6 I was completely hooked. Fast-paced and exciting, this novel is one of the best crime thrillers I've read in a long time. Corley immediately immerses her reader in the action of what progresses as a deeply disturbing chain of events. The front cover truly does this book aesthetic justice! She is meticulous in detail, absorbing her readers into the horror that is the master's plan. The victims are mere pawns in his psychological power game. Without spoiling the ending for all of you about to buy this book, the conclusion was one of the most intense I have read in ages. It is impossible not to agonise over the fate of Corley's victims. This really is a well written, addictive novel...completely engrossing...

Buy it - I dare you!

Terrific thriller
Elizabeth Corley joins the ranks of must-read crime writers with this police procedural, psychological thriller. Although a little slow to get going, once it did, this hooked me and I couldn't put it down.

Grave Doubts has a truly evil, sadistic killer, with likeable detectives that I'd be happy to read more about. It's tense and you never quite know how it's going to end up. I won't spoil it by revealing how it all pans out, but it's a thrilling conclusion to a gripping read. Another reviewer used the word 'intense', and quite right too.

If you're looking for something different to tickle your crime tastebuds, and have been drawn in, as I was, by the cover, don't hesitate to give this one a read. Excellent.