Blood Related

A psychological serial killer thriller novel

This haunting journey into the mind of a psychopath will chill you to the core . . .

A brutal psychological thriller that takes you deep inside the mind of a monster.

Headless bodies are turning up across Portvale, each one arranged with a precision that suggests ritual rather than impulse. Detective Ray Truman has spent years tracing the pattern, convinced he knows exactly who is responsible. What he cannot find is the proof that will hold the case together.

As the murders spread beyond the industrial district, Truman’s investigation begins to erode the boundaries he relies on. Every lead slips into shadow. Every certainty dissolves. The killer moves with an intimacy that unsettles him, as if Truman’s own thoughts are being echoed and answered.

Driven by obsession, Truman begins to step outside the law he has sworn to uphold. The deeper he goes, the more he senses a disturbing truth: the monster he is chasing understands him too well. Perhaps better than he understands himself.

A psychological serial killer thriller in the vein of other power-packed thrillers like Thomas Harris's Silence of the Lambs and James Ellroy's Killer on the Road

"Dark and deeply disturbing." — Jonathan Nasaw, author of The Girls he Adored and The Boys from Santa Cruz

"Blood Related is a terrifying psychological thriller. William Cook is an author to watch." — Mark Edward Hall, author of The Lost Village and The Holocaust Opera

"William Cook tells a gruesome story with a sense of authenticity that makes you question with considerable unease if it really is fiction . . ." — Graham Masterton, author of the Katie McGuire series and The House that Jack Built