The Shadow Walker
As Winter's first snows fall on the Mongolian capital of Ulan Baatar, the mutilated body of a British geologist is found in the city's most expensive hotel, apparently the fourth victim of a serial killer. With political pressure to solve the crimes mounting, Negrui, ex-head of the Serious Crime Squad, is ordered back to his former role, building an uneasy
working relationship with his successor and protégé, Doripalam, and with Drew McLeish, a senior British CID officer sent out to support the investigation.
But the murders continue - leading the officers through the disused factories of the decaying city, out on to the steppes among nomadic herdsmen and illegal gold prospectors, and down into the barren landscapes of the Gobi desert. And then McLeish himself is kidnapped...
The Shadow Walker is a fast-paced and innovative thriller that atmospherically evokes a country stranded between the legacy of its past and the promise of its future.
