Advent Killer - Gunn, Alastair

The Advent Killer is the electrifying début thriller from British author, Alastair Gunn. Christmas is coming. One body at a time. At first they said it was coincidence. Number one drowned; number two beaten to death. But when a third woman is murdered at exactly one a.m. on a third consecutive Sunday, DCI Antonia Hawkins finds herself on the hunt for a cold, careful killer whose victims seem to be chosen at random. As public panic spreads in the weeks before Christmas, Hawkins and her team have to stop a killer whose twisted motives can only be guessed at before another week brings another victim. When the clock strikes one... A terrifying British début thriller, The Advent Killer introduces DCI Antonia Hawkins, with the second in the series coming from Penguin in 2014. Fans of Chris Carter and Richard Montanari should be paying attention. Alastair Gunn is an experienced magazine journalist. The Advent Killer is the first in a series featuring DCI Antonia Hawkins. Alastair lives in Hertfordshire with his fiancée, Anna.