Summary: Maggie Forrest, an artist living in England as a fugitive from an unhappy marriage in Canada, hears strange, disturbing, noises from the house opposite, and dials 999. The number 35, the Hill is an ordinary house in an ordinary street. But it is about to become infamous. When two police constables are sent to the house following a report of a domestic disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. A scene which leaves one of them dead and the other fighting for her life and career.
Review: In the first few pages we know or think we know what has happened, a serial killer's murder spree has been ended and Banks is tidying up the loose ends. Of course with Peter Robinson you get plot twists, which are definitely shown in this novel. A story of cunning child-abuse and cold-blooded murder would seem like the product of a fevered imagination, were it not so close to real life.
I'd recommend it if you're a fan of detectives and serial killers.
