Like This, For Ever by Sharon Bolton

Twelve year old Barney Roberts is obsessed with a series of murders. Barney has seen things. Things no child should see. He knows the killer will strike again soon…

The victim will be another boy, just like him. The killer will drain the body of blood, and leave it on a Thames beach. There will be no clues for detectives Dana Tulloch and Mark Joesbury to find. There will be no warning about who will be next.

There will be no good reason for young policewoman Lacey Flint, on leave from her job as a London police detective, to become involved and no chance that she can stay away…

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