{"product_id":"9781405914451","title":"9781405914451","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Advent Killer \u003c\/i\u003eis the electrifying debut thriller from British author, Alastair Gunn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristmas is coming. One body at a time. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree weeks before Christmas: Sunday, one a.m. A woman is drowned in her bathtub.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne week later: Sunday, one a.m. A woman is beaten savagely to death, every bone in her body broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother week brings another victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs panic spreads across London, DCI Antonia Hawkins, leading her first murder investigation, must stop a cold, careful killer whose twisted motives can only be guessed at, before the next body is found. On Sunday. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the clock strikes one . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e terrifying British debut thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Advent Killer\u003c\/i\u003e introduces DCI Antonia Hawkins, with the second in the series coming from Penguin in 2014. Fans of Chris Carter and Richard Montanari should be paying attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Advent Killer\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A truly terrifying debut novel' \u003ci\u003eMy Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlastair Gunn is an experienced magazine journalist. \u003ci\u003eThe Advent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Killer\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in a series featuring DCI Antonia Hawkins. Alastair lives in Hertfordshire with his fiancee, Anna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133420617968,"sku":"9781405914451","price":9.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781405914451_p0.jpg?v=1763717008","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781405914451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}