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  • Published: 13 February 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405910804
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448

Darkness First




Darkness First is a classic US cop thriller in the vein of Harlen Coben

Darkness First by James Hayman is the third thriller in the McCabe and Savage detective series

In the dark shadows of a summer evening a young woman named Tiffany Stoddard is brutally slain by a remorseless killer's razor sharp blade.

Learning that her closest childhood friend was nearly killed in the same incident, Portland Detective Maggie Savage rushes to the scene to join the State Police investigation. Maggie soon discovers the killer's name is Conor Riordan.There's only one problem. Conor Riordan doesn't exist.

The only person who can provide a clue as to who Riordan really is, is the victim's eleven-year-old sister, Tabitha. And now Tabitha has turned up missing. Soon Maggie and her long time partner, Detective Sergeant Michael McCabe, find themselves in a desperate race against time to find the missing child before she becomes a vicious killer's next victim.

  • Published: 13 February 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405910804
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448

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Praise for Darkness First

A stunning debut that gripped me from first page to last. A thriller of a thriller!

Tess Gerritsen

Supremely accomplished storytelling

Daily Mail

James Hayman's Portland is every bit as dark and sinister as Lehane's Boston or Connelly's LA

Richard Montanari
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