More Equal Than Others. The DS Lasser series. Volume five: An absorbing DS Lasser mystery
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More Equal Than Others. The DS Lasser series. Volume five: An absorbing DS Lasser mystery
A sunny afternoon in the park. Children at play, families picnicking on the grass and a man pushing an old pram, a pram that contains horrors beyond reckoning. By rights, DS Lasser should be happy, engaged to the woman of his dreams, just back from a two-week vacation, life is sweet. But it only takes one phone call, telling him that a local sex offender has been mutilated and murdered and all thoughts of harmonious bliss are quickly annihilated. No one would shed a tear for Colin Philips, no one would stand at his grave and mourn his passing, but when another mutilated body turns up it soon becomes apparent that Philips was only the start.
Someone is stalking the streets of this down-at-heel northern town, someone with a burning hatred and a long list of names. Someone with inside information. The authorities are struggling to cope; cuts and job losses at the council are making it an impossible task to monitor the offenders and the killer is taking advantage of the situation. Everyone's workload has more than trebled. Wages have been frozen. Everyone except the Head of Social Services.
Lasser soon finds himself navigating a maze of deception as those responsible for using the town as a dumping ground for the deviants try to cover their tracks at any cost.
To make matters worse, local scumbag reporter and Lasser's nemesis, Michael Brewster, is leading the witch-hunt, determined to lay the blame for the killings at Lasser's feet. As the nights draw in and the body count rises, Lasser must hunt the maniac who is spiralling out of control. Though he soon comes to realises that the killer, even in his madness is working to an agenda and he isn't working alone.