![]() ![]() ![]() The deeper Madden digs into the case, the harder it is for him to maintain the fragile wall he has built around his own painful memories. Blackwell's professional connections include a Viennese psychiatrist who is well versed in the relatively new field of forensic psychology, and together they try to develop a psychological profile for the killer. Helen Blackwell, a local physician who lost both her brothers and her husband to the war. While the local constabulary figures the murders for a robbery gone horribly wrong, Madden is quick to recognize the presence of a more sinister motive. Madden, with some heavy psychological baggage of his own courtesy of the war, recognizes the mark of madness in the killer's work and has a unique understanding of the killer's methods, habits, and rituals. Scotland Yard sends out Inspector John Madden to investigate the murders. Even more startling than the actual carnage are two subsequent findings: the lack of any sort of sexual assault and the discovery of a child - a young girl hiding beneath a bed. The fifth victim, the lady of the house, is found nearly naked, sprawled on a bed, her throat slashed with a razor. Five victims four of them killed with military efficiency and, judging from the wounds, a military bayonet. In a quiet and picturesque English countryside where people are still recuperating from the ravages of World War I, the peace of a small Surrey village is shattered by the discovery of a horrifying murder. ![]()
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