Hangman
2018 • 447 pages

Ratings8

Average rating3.5

15

A detective with no one to trust A killer with nothing to lose Detective Emily Baxter is still reeling from the Ragdoll case, and from the disappearance of her friend William “Wolf” Fawkes. Despite her reluctance to jump into another gruesome case, she’s summoned to a meeting of a new FBI/CIA/UK law enforcement task force in New York. There, she is presented with photographs of the latest copycat murder: a body contorted into a familiar pose, strung up from the Brooklyn Bridge, the word “BAIT” carved deep into its chest. As the media pressure intensifies, Baxter is ordered to assist with the investigation and attend the scene of another murder, again with a victim inscribed with a word—“PUPPET.” The murders continue to grow in spectacle and depravity on both sides of the Atlantic, and the team helplessly plays catch-up. Baxter must shake off the grief and fear that have paralyzed her for the last year so she can stop another terrible killer before it’s too late.

Tags


Become a Librarian

Series

Featured Series

3 primary books

#2 in Fawkes and Baxter

Fawkes and Baxter is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Daniel Cole.

#1
Ragdoll
#2
Hangman
#3
Endgame

Reviews

Popular Reviews

Reviews with the most likes.

Seriously disapointing after a cracking first novel. Hangman is disjointed, hard to follow, has unlikeable characters and a terrible ending. There are many many better crime novels around.

July 12, 2018
February 12, 2024