The more research the sympathetic vicar to the actual causes of the strange behavior, the deeper it goes along with their environment in the darkest depths of the soul of a real psychopath who continue to murder even after his death, by those whose souls he poisoned earlier and perverted ...
Rickman enters with this mystery thriller uncharted territory because Serienmmörder and their psyche rather are an issue for "hardcore authors" in the mold of Thomas Harris and / or John Connolly. Compared with this evil comes in Rickman on silent feet, therefore, but no less scary.
The refined technique of slowly building tension arc, connected to the gloomy Grunstimmung the novel guarantee pure goosebumps. If you like John Connolly (especially "The White Road" and "Every Dead Thing") can not get to this novel, it is hereby also recommended for all other!