The Curator Nicola Upson Faber & Faber FFC|FFH|FFJ Hardback 2023 Strike has never tackled a

Strike has never tackled a cold case before

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Concluding with the author's account of how an obscure horror film brought him closer to his lost father

Travel down the Nile

The Curator Nicola Upson Faber & Faber FFC|FFH|FFJ Hardback 2023 Strike has never tackled aIt's Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange message is left at each scene: `BSC6. Called in to investigate, the National Crime Agency's Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with a case that makes no sense. Why were some victims anaesthetized, while others died in appalling agony? Why is their only suspect denying what they can irrefutably prove but admitting to things they weren't even aware