The Strangler's Honeymoon (Van Veeteren)

About this book

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 decomposing in her flat the Maardam police must discover who has committed this terrible crime. It isnt long before they realise 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 . . .