A killer is on the loose, blurring the line between fact and fiction. His prey - the writers of crime novels who have turned psychological profilers into the heroes of the nineties. But this killer is like no other. His bloodlust shatters all the conventional wisdom surrounding the motives and mechanics of how serial killers operate. And for one woman, the desperate hunt to uncover his identity becomes a matter of life and death. Professor Fiona Cameron is an academic psychologist who uses computer technology to help police forces track serial offenders. She used to help the Met, but vowed never to work for them again when they went against her advice and subsequently botched an investigation. Still smarting from the experience, she's working a case in Toledo when her lover, thriller writer Kit Martin, tells her a fellow crime novelist has been murdered. It's not her case, but Fiona can't help taking an interest. When the killer strikes again Fiona finds herself caught in a race against time - not only to save a life but also to find redemption, both personal and professional. Rich in atmosphere, "Killing the Shadows" uses the backdrops of city and country to create an air of threatening menace, culminating in a tense confrontation between hunter and hunted, a confrontation that can have only one outcome.

薇兒·麥剋德米德

齣生於蘇格蘭東部海濱小鎮柯科迪。1987年齣版瞭第一部推理小說《謀殺報道》，一舉成名。此後放棄記者工作，全職寫作。

主要作品有林賽·戈登係列，《刑場》《遙遠的迴聲》《黑暗領域》《無盡之路》《殺影》是其非係列最著名的作品。

麥剋德米德囊括瞭全球的犯罪推理小說奬項：金匕首奬、埃德加奬、安東尼奬、麥卡維提奬和迪麗斯奬等，成為“後阿加莎時代”推理小說當之無愧的代言人。