Thou Shalt Not Kill

Please note this book was previously published as The Quick and the Dead.Sister Agnes lives for her work at a homeless shelter in London. When sixteen-year-old runaway Sam Whittaker turns up on the doorstep, desperate to escape something — or someone — in her past, Agnes takes her in, no questions asked.But days later, Sam disappears from the shelter without a trace. And she’s not the first young woman to vanish this way . . .Agnes won’t rest until she tracks down the missing girls. Especially when she realizes she’s not the only one out looking.She spends her nights out pacing the streets of London, following a twisty trail that leads all the way to Epping Forest — and a motley group of eco-warriors. No sooner has Agnes set foot in their tree-top encampment, than a scream rings out, piercing the quiet of the dark woods.Agnes follows the noise . . . only to discover the strangled body of a teenaged girl. She’s been strewn with sprigs of rosemary.And it’s not who Agnes is expecting . . .A gripping, sophisticated crime mystery that will have you intrigued from the first page. Steeped in the intoxicating atmosphere of Central London, from the twisty alleys of Soho to the grimy towpaths of Kings Cross.