An ambitious reporter seeks a window into an obsessed killer’s mind—and is forced to take a hard look in the mirror, in this dark psychological thriller.

It starts when a Cornwall fisherman finds a body in the ocean. The blood of the victim has washed away, but the angry message etched deep into the victim’s back is crystal clear: Grace—Number 1.

It’s the kind of story that could make local reporter Jennifer Mack’s career—if she can keep her hypercompetitive colleague, Hayley, from undermining her at every turn.

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When the next body turns up far away in London, another carved message makes the link unmistakable—a serial killer is on the loose.

Then, Jennifer receives a package from the killer. As she begins to communicate directly and publicly with a murderer-at-large, it appears she’s been chosen to write the headline story.

But as lines between right and wrong start to blur, Jennifer is forced to come face-to-face with her own inner darkness . . .

My Review

Wow! This was a serious page-turner. Exciting, twisted, full of turns of events and utterly mind-blowing.

There are two narrators – Jennifer Mack is an ambitious journalist, who has returned to her home town in Cornwall to write for the local rag. At least that’s how she sees it. Below her. What is there to write about in this sleepy, tourist-driven county? Until a body turns up in the sea. And there’s a message carved dep into the girl’s back – Grace Number 1. When a second body turns up miles away in an abandoned video store in London with Grace Number 2 etched into the flesh, Jennifer knows she’s on to something. This could be the making of her career, and the story is hers. Apart from her nemesis, Hayley, who is trying to undermine her at every opportunity and steal the story from under her nose.

Our second narrator is the killer. It’s written from the first person point of view. We feel every hateful, twisted emotion. This is someone who is filled with rage and wants revenge, on everyone and everything. And there are some very dark thoughts going on in their head.

Jennifer, at this point, decides to communicate directly with the killer, using the newspaper to do it. Until she receives a gruesome package from the killer (no it’s not Gwyneth Paltrow’s head or a boiled bunny), and is now as scared as she is excited. So was I.

This was so good. I wanted to bunk off work and keep reading. There’s nothing like trying to get inside the head of a serial killer in the dead of night. And I’m not just talking about Jennifer.

Many thanks to @lovebookstours for inviting me to be part of the #SavingGraceTour

About the Author

Novelist, movie addict, and animal lover, Cristina Slough is the author of Till Death Us Do Part, The Life She Left Behind and Saving Grace. Cristina is married with two children and has a passion for delivering killer plot twists.

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