Asphyxia

Detective Jim Bannon is no ordinary detective. With a dress code of anything in black, short leather jacket, blue tinted spectacles and shoulder length hair, the claustrophobic and asthmatic inner-city, Dublin born detective is on the case of London's most cunning and perverted serial killer. A young woman has been brutally slain in a murderous act involving asphyxiaphilia. A connection between the victim and England's largest online dating site is discovered. It soon becomes a race against time to catch the deviant before the bi-curious and dangerously adventurous Robyn O'Brien, an astrology-loving Harley Street receptionist, falls victim to the killer's insatiable lust. Asphyxia is a fast paced thriller, full of unsavoury reality, deception, thrills, twists, warped eroticism and dark humour, that will leave you gasping for breath as you approach its climax Asphyxiaphilia: An extremely dangerous sexual practice involving the restriction or control of oxygen to the brain through suffocation or strangulation with the objective of achieving the ultimate orgasm. Reviews: (from readers on the HarperCollins Authonomy website) "Dark, decadent, sensual and full of tension." "Terrifying and edgy " "Very disturbing and graphic but it drew me in, evoking a morbid sense of curiosity." "This is one of the best thrillers I have read on this site so far and I have been here for over a year." "Amazing read, brazen beginning. You have a very sinister talent " "Brilliant build up and tension...your descriptive narrative brings the eerie images to life." "Best of luck with your creepy, horrible, revolting, FASCINATING mystery " "A tremendous thriller. Easily as compelling and readable as Deaver and Coban." "A bit gruesome but very scary." "Vivid and erotic-creepy, always a great hook for this type of book." "You do an excellent job in getting my attention from the first sentence and holding it from then on." "Terrific crime story "