The Strangler's Honeymoon (The Van Veeteren series)

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Desperately lonely sixteen-year-old Monica Kammerle has little idea of what she is getting herself into when she begins an affair with her mothers latest partner; the sophisticated Benjamin Kerran ...Months later when a womans strangled body is found the Maardam police must discover who has committed this terrible crime. It isnt long before they realize the perpetrator may have killed before - and is likely to do so again. Meanwhile former Chief Inspector Van Veeteren finds himself drawn into the mystery when a priest who has learned dreadful secrets appeals to him for help. But when the priest falls beneath the wheels of a train and the police find more dead-ends than leads it seems Van Veeteren will have to come up with a new approach to unearth this dark serial killer. Before he chooses his next victim ...