Amy Cross

The Dying Streets Amy Cross

After a botched murder investigation leaves her career in ruins, Detective Laura Foster is on the verge of quitting the police. She's persuaded to take one final assignment, looking into the deaths of several homeless people in London. At first the case seems impossible to crack, and Laura feels lost as she tries - and fails - to help the very people who are being hunted by a crazed killer. A killer who has a penchant for gutting his victims with a hook. And then Laura meets Ophelia. Hugely intelligent but completely out of control, Ophelia is Laura's guide to the world of London's homeless. At first Laura finds Ophelia impossible to manage, but slowly she starts to realize that this crazy, livewire girl might be her only chance to solve the case. Ophelia - a mysterious figure who refuses to reveal her real name - has a notebook filled with information and observations, and in the pages of that notebook she seems to have jotted down information that could lead to the murderer. But can they catch the killer before he strikes again, and why is he targeting the homeless in the first place?