Close Your Eyes

Joe O'Loughlin, clinical psychologist and profiler, returns to solve another complex case in Robotham's (Life or Death) latest mystery. Joe's life is not without challenges: his Parkinson's disease is progressing and his marriage is a shambles. When a mother and daughter are found murdered in a remote north Somerset farmhouse, Joe reluctantly becomes involved. One of Joe's former students is provoking public anger by claiming also to be a profiler and then releasing information known only to the police. Why did the mother suffer a savage death, while the daughter was virtually untouched? Meanwhile, other attacks are occurring in the area, all seemingly linked by a mysterious "A" carved into the victims' foreheads. Is there a connection between the assaults and the murders, and what will it cost Joe to uncover the truth?