# The Book of Souls

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- Book: [The Book of Souls](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-oswald/the-book-of-souls) ([The Book of Souls.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-oswald/the-book-of-souls.md))
- Authors: [James Oswald](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-oswald)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0591-317-1
- Published: 2012-11-22
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Every year for ten years, a young woman's body was found in Edinburgh at Christmas time: naked, throat slit, body washed clean. The final victim, Kirsty Summers, was Detective Constable Tony McLean's fiancée. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake and McLean put an end to the brutal killing spree. Twelve years later, and a fellow prisoner has murdered the Christmas Killer. But with the festive season comes a body; naked, washed, her throat cut. Is this a copycat killer? Was the wrong man behind bars all this time? Or is there a more sinister explanation? McLean must revisit his most disturbing case and discover what he missed before the killer strikes again . . .