MEET DETECTIVE NICKI HARDCASTLE IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW CRIME SERIES.Three grisly crime scenes. Body parts strewn across the town. Detective Nicki Hardcastle tackles her darkest case yet.It's a freezing December night when Detective Nicki Hardcastle gets the call. An elderly theatregoer settling in for the evening performance has received the shock of his resting on the faded fabric of his Dress Circle seat is a pair of human eyes.Several hours later, a few miles across town, comes the second macabre find. A severed human tongue.Then a worshipper at the cathedral is appalled to discover a human hand under the pew in front of her.The pretty market town of Bury St Edmunds has never seen anything like it.Someone is playing twisted games with Nicki and her team - but only they seem to know the rules.The detectives are in a race against time to track down a brutal killer - before more victims meet a grisly fate.Perfect for fans of Helen H. Durrant, Joy Ellis, Ann Cleeves, Angela Marsons and Rachel McLean.