The first two chilling stories of the best-selling series starring Inspector Helen Grace.

"A be ba blom"
The girl came out of the forest half-dead.
The story she told was unbelievable. But true.
Every word horrifying...

Days later, another desperate fugitive is found – and a specific criminal pattern begins to emerge. Pairs of victims are kidnapped, imprisoned, and then faced with a terrible dilemma: to kill or be killed.

Would you rather lose your life or your mind?

Inspector Helen Grace has managed to tame her own demons on her rise to the top. While leading the investigation to find this unseen beast, she discovers that perhaps the survivors – the living proof of the perpetrator’s signature – hold the key to solving the case.

And if she fails to solve it, more will die...

"Round and round"
Inside a dilapidated house lies the body of a man.
Someone has ripped out his heart and sent it as a package to his wife and children.

This man is the first victim and Inspector Helen Grace knows he will not be the last. But what was a happily married man doing so far from home in the middle of the night?
The newspapers call the killer the Reverse Jack the Ripper: a serial killer who punishes family men leading secret double lives.
Helen senses the furious rage behind these murders. What she may not be able to guess, however, is how unpredictable this killer is – or what awaits her at the end of this chase...