Skin of Their Teeth (DI Nicki Hardcastle #4)

One broken body. Seven missing teeth. A killer who’s only just begun.

Detective Nicki Hardcastle is midway through painting her living room — she’s supposed to be off-duty — when the call comes in. ‘You might want to see this one, boss.’

Minutes later, she’s standing at the foot of a four-storey townhouse in the heart of Bury St Edmunds. A man lies impaled on a black iron spike, his body blood-soaked and broken.

It appears Jacob Towers took his own life. But the details don’t add up.

Why was the dead man carrying seven of his own teeth in his pockets?

Then a chilling voicemail surfaces: ‘It’s time to pay for what you did.’

Two days later, there’s another death. Just as sudden. Just as brutal. And once again — seven teeth.

Someone is dealing out justice, one gruesome death at a time. And they’ve only just begun . . .