Bone Machine (A Joe Donovan Thriller)

"Waites stands out in the crowded field of young British noir writers . . . with his bruised characters, raw-edged dialogue, and extraordinary night vision."-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review A "London's dark heart has seldom been exposed with such surgical precision. Brutal, mesmerizing stuff."-Ian RankinA The body is discovered in an abandoned burial ground. A young woman, blond. Ritualistically mutilated, apparently. Her eyes and mouth have been crudely sewn shut.A The police come up with a suspect quick enough: the victim's boyfriend, Michael Nell, who has a notoriously uncontrollable temper as well as an incriminating record of violence against women. His lawyer, however, is not convinced that Nell is a killer.A All that "information broker" Joe Donovan has to do is prove the truth of Michael Nell's alibi. The job proves not to be routine, as Donovan's inquiries lead him and his crack team of operatives deep into Newcastle's murky underworld of people-trafficking and prostitution. Then the second body shows up. And the former investigative journalist knows he's up against more than local gangsters.A Still bearing the scars of his own crushing history since the disappearance of his six-year-old son three years before, Donovan now finds himself enmeshed in the dark biography of an elusive, deranged serial killer whom he can profile but cannot identify. The killer meanwhile obliges the authorities with maddeningly cryptic clues to his twisted, deadly intents, but all the while time for the next young, unsuspecting victim is fast running out. Martyn Waites is emerging as one of the leading writers of British noir fiction. Bone Machine is the second book in the Joe Donovan series. He lives in London.Waites, Martyn is the author of 'Bone Machine (A Joe Donovan Thriller)', published 2007 under ISBN 9781933648354 and ISBN 193364835X.