A missing lawyer. A strangled nurse. A killer that DI Joanna Piercy must track down before they strike again. Jonathan Selkirk is a ruthless, powerful lawyer. He thinks he's untouchable. Until he receives a letter.' JONATHAN SELKIRK, MAKE YOUR WILL .'It's a threat.Hours later, Selkirk is recovering in Leek Cottage Hospital from a suspected heart attack.But the next morning his bed is empty. And there's a trail of blood down the corridor. DI Joanna Piercy can't believe Selkirk left under his own steam.Then a body turns up in Gallows Wood. Pyjama-clad, hands bound, a bullet hole in the back of the neck.And one of the nurses from the hospital is found strangled to death with her own nylon stocking.With a ruthless killer in their midst, Piercy will be pushed to her limits to keep the town safe.