NATIONAL BESTSELLER OF GERMANY. OVER 4,000,000 BOOKS SOLD BY THE AUTHOR. He loves you. But his love u003d your death... He knows well what pain is. And he was always partial to women suffering at the hands of heartless men. He wants to give one of them real life, to bestow his love on her. He wants to find the one who will be truly happy with him. But to do this, she must accept him completely and submit to him. And if it doesn't... well, mistakes happen. He will search further. And he will bury the past...On a summer night, a woman’s body is found next to the trash cans near the hospital. Investigator Laura Kern finds out that the deceased was recently treated in this hospital. A CCTV camera captured her walking next to an unknown man. Then another patient disappears. And again the same stranger is on the recording. It also turns out that both women have been abused by their partners in the past... This is a novel about the dark feelings of a serial killer who is really just looking for love... “In just two years, Katherine Shepherd has taken first place on the list of self-published authors in Germany.” – Westdeutsche Zeitung “Catherine Shepherd has become one of Germany's best-loved thriller writers.” – BildFrom an interview with Catherine Shepherd: “Laura Kern is a character that appeared in my head long before I wrote the first book in this series. She is a very interesting and controversial person. Laura has a terrible life experience: she was kidnapped when she was eleven, and she still struggles with her nightmares. The kidnapping left visible scars on her soul and body. However, she is a very strong woman, even if you don’t really notice it from the outside.”