CRUELTY ALWAYS LEAVES A MARK
Beneath the falling blossoms of a Jacaranda tree in Perth's Kings Park lies the dead body of a man.
He has been brutally suffocated and left in the dirt. Nothing has been stolen from his pockets. Robbery does not appear to be the motive.
Uncovering the dead man's life, Detective Tony Packer and his team discover a background of violence and alcoholism, a shattered relationship with an ex-girlfriend, and a history of problems at work.
His death seems to be the result of a random act of drunken violence.
But Packer is convinced there is something more behind this. Deliberately or unconsciously, the killer has left a message.
A message that Packer must find a way to decipher if he is to find the killer.
A Shroud of Violet is the ninth in the series of knife-edge thrillers set in the dark corners of Perth, Western Australia.
Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Jack Gatland, JM Dalgliesh, Patricia Cornwell, Karin Slaughter and other police procedural thrillers.
Genre: Mystery