''Lottie Parker is one of the most compelling characters in Irish detective fiction'' LIZ NUGENT, bestselling author of Our Little CrueltiesShe shivered, though the kitchen was warm. Icicles of foreboding trickled down her spineWith trembling hands she whipped back her hair at the nape of her neck. As she turned away from the window, she missed the shadow passing by.One dark winter morning, bride-to-be Cara Dunne is found hanging in her home, dressed in her wedding dress, with a lock of hair removedDetective Lottie Parker is first on the scene. Looking at Cara''s bruised and battered body, she wonders who could have hated her enough to kill her at the happiest time of her life.The case takes a darker turn that afternoon with another shocking discovery; the broken body of a second young woman, pushed from the roof of the hospital where she workedFiona Heffernan was also due to be married, and her body is clad in a wedding dress, a lock of her hair cut off.The killings seem so personal t