Ragdoll by Daniel Cole

One body. Six victims.

A body is discovered with the dismembered parts of six victims stitched together, nicknamed by the press as the ‘Ragdoll’. Assigned to the shocking case are Detective William ‘Wolf’ Fawkes, recently reinstated to the London Met, and his former partner Detective Emily Baxter.

The ‘Ragdoll Killer’ taunts the police by releasing a list of names to the media, and the dates on which he intends to murder them. With six people to save, can Fawkes and Baxter catch a killer when the world is watching their every move?

Wow! This book is a pretty stunning debut novel from someone who clearly understands what makes a fast paced thriller really sing. I had trouble putting this down once I had picked it up and I was held by it all the way through to the end.

It’s gory, but with humour. It’s inventive in the way that…