Josa Jilani has just been promoted to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector. The first case she is asked to become involved in is that of a serial killer who is killing one woman a week and always on a Tuesday evening. Immediately she becomes involved in the case her own life is threatened by the killer.
The previous DCI on the case had enlisted the help of Daniel Blake, a criminologist who seems to have no background and who has helped in many past cases but has always done so quietly and not taken any credit for cases he has helped to crack.
Daniel analyses the murders and realises that they resemble murders from different Alfred Hitchcock films. The police wish to keep this bit of information out of the press but it is not to be. Together Daniel and Josa visit Professor Paul Salinger who lectures on Hitchcock at Capital College to try to find out more.
The killer knows all there is to know about Alfred Hitchcock, his films and his obsessions with some of his leading ladies. As another Tuesday approaches the police need to work out who the killer is and stop him before he murders again.
This is a really gripping story. I already know some Hitchcock films and am now inspired to re-watch these and try some others I have not seen before. There is a filmography at the end of the book.
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