A Murder of Crows

A police procedural crime thriller. The hunt for a serial, ritualistic killer compromises the integrity of Detective Inspector Boyd when the next victim is his girlfriend.


Chapter One

She was naked. She was blonde. She was dead.

The pictures from the drone showed a once beautiful woman, blonde yes, but not all over. She was tied to a cartwheel and the crows had pecked out her eyes and scavenged her fractured, flagellated body. The crows looked down upon the disturbed scene like agents of death, mocking with their "caw" calls, angrily denied further pickings. They seem bemused by the commotion and flashing lights, observing every detail of the police operation. They had seen the murderer . . .