Nemesis

The Shadow of Retribution

In Nemesis, Shaun Hutson unleashes a relentless tide of terror upon the grim alleyways of Nottingham, where a series of gruesome murders points to a killer driven by an unspeakable vendetta. Detective Sergeant Caroline “Pip” Richards, scarred by a past assignment that went horribly wrong, is thrust into the investigation when the first victim is discovered drained of blood in an abandoned textile mill. As Pip and her reluctant partner, Detective Inspector Mark Bellamy, comb through the macabre crime scene, they uncover symbols carved into flesh that hint at an ancient ritual—and a predator who believes himself an instrument of vengeance.

The Hunt in Darkness

With each subsequent nightfall, the body count rises and the brutality intensifies. The killer’s signature—a blackened rose left upon each corpse—becomes a haunting message: justice will bloom through fear. Racing against time and a tide of public panic, Pip follows a trail of cryptic clues from derelict factories to candlelit underground societies. Along the way, she confronts her own inner demons as memories of a failed rescue mission blur the line between hunter and hunted. Hutson’s staccato prose and visceral imagery plunge readers into an atmosphere of suffocating dread, where every shadow conceals an enemy and every heartbeat could be one’s last.

The Edge of Madness

In a heart-stopping finale set within the bowels of a crumbling cathedral, Pip must face the killer in a confrontation that tests the limits of her sanity and her faith in the law. With lightning flashing through shattered stained glass and the chime of distant bells echoing like a death knell, truth and superstition collide. When the final mask is torn away, Pip discovers that the greatest horror lies not in the body count, but in the twisted soul behind the mask—and that vengeance, once unleashed, can consume even the righteous.

. Shaun Hutson is a bestselling British author renowned for his provocative horror fiction, visceral storytelling, and the uncompromising intensity that has cemented his reputation as the “Godfather of Gore.”