Meet Denver Brady, avowed serial killer and author of a book with the same title as this novel. His work forms the book-within-a-book, more of a step-by-step instruction on how to off someone and escape to do it again and again. The book is found in the novel’s primary murder victim’s hands at the start of the novel, which begins the manhunt by inspector Samantha Hansen, who is coming off compassionate leave and back on the force. Sam, as she likes to be called, is beset with loads of problems, both emotional and physical, and has trouble concentrating on clues that should be obvious to her (maybe not for all readers however) as she tries to solve the novel’s murder. She reads along the how-to book and tries to align the clues in the book with the ones she uncovers during the course of her investigation. The novel mostly takes place in and around London, and has loads of plot twists and turns, right up to its very end. I won’t give away any of these because they are deliciously put together. Many murder mysteries run out of gas towards the end but this book — or should I say the combined books — holds your attention until nearly the last page. I highly recommend this novel by Rebecca Philipson.