In each soul, a secret... Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano's first assignment from the Cold Case files is the brutal murder of a young runaway. The lifeless body of Caitlin O'Riordan was found carefully posed in a glass display case in the desolate Philadelphia Badlands but, as Byrne and Balzano rapidly discover, she was just the first pawn in the killer's twisted game... A mysterious phone call leads them on a scavenger hunt for a second victim. This time a young girl has been dismembered, her body parts left in three boxes in the basement of a deserted house. More clues lead to other victims and, as the body count rises, it becomes clear that there is a serial killer on the loose, hell-bent on completing the 'performance' of a lifetime. As more runaways vanish, Byrne and Balzano come to realize that the homicidal mastermind plans to complete seven depraved tricks in his dark and dangerous magic act. With Balzano increasingly obsessed by a case that haunts her, and Byrne struggling with a loss of his own, the stakes are mounting. But this is one game they can't afford to lose.

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Happy Birthday!

Received for my birthday. Thanks Alice. x

This is the third in the series. Although I wanted to find out how they would get the guy in the end, some parts felt like a bit of a struggle to get through. Not sure if this was due to a change in writing style or my current mood as I really enjoyed The Rosary Girls.
Thanks Alice for sending it.

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Being posted to an Irish bookmoocher.
Hope they enjoy it and join bookcrossing too.

And the irish bookmoocher sent it all the way to Cyprus, so I can journal its journey.