Black skies Joseph Sheridan Fanu British Library Publishing FKC Hardback 2020 As the night darkens

As the night darkens

And why did the victims all take the same two weeks off work three years earlier

each could only have been written by the creator of Jack Reacher

and Miranda - are left to be raised by a man who may have murdered their mother

Years have passed since Melchor took revenge for his mother's murder and at last found peace with his daughter Cosette in the sleepy backwater of Terra Alta

Black skies Joseph Sheridan Fanu British Library Publishing FKC Hardback 2020 As the night darkensA man is making a crude leather mask with slits for eyes and mouth, and an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. It is a 'death mask', once used by Icelandic farmers to slaughter calves. He has revenge in mind. Meanwhile, with Detective Erlendur absent, his colleague Sigurdur li is in the spotlight.