THE MAN MADE OF SMOKE

The most terrifying novel of the year from the internationally bestselling author of The Whisper Man available to pre order now You never forget the day you meet a serial killer Dan was just a teenager when he had a chance encounter with the elusive killer known only as the man made of smoke Nobody could blame him for being too scared to intervene for being too scared to save the latest victim for letting the killer vanish again Nobody except Dan himself Years later Dan has a successful career as a criminal psychiatrist unpicking the very darkest of human behaviour Because despite what he saw that day Dan knows there s no such thing as a monster But now his father John has gone missing And when Dan returns to the small island where he grew up he finds out that not long before his disappearance John had stumbled across a body As Dan begins to dig he finds unsettling links stretching all the way back to the man made of smoke Which means this might just be a chance to not only save his dad but to finally find redemption But what if he s been wrong about that day for all these years What if he was right to be scared Praise for Alex North As terrifying as a great horror novel as unpredictable as the best type of crime novel and