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    "description": "<p>Kate Palmer, an undergraduate student, discovers that she is pregnant and makes the decision to drop out of university. However, on the evening before she returns home, her body is discovered in Aston park. She is the first victim of several murders that will rock the city of Birmingham.<br /> <br /> DS James \"Jim\" Wardell, who has his own issues to contend with, is given the case.<br /> <br /> When Eddie Carter, a popular talk show host on Birmingham's radio station, is contacted by someone claiming to be the killer, it is the start of a cat and mouse game between a deranged killer and the police.<br /> <br /> After a second body is discovered the pressure mounts on the police to capture the person responsible.<br /> <br /> Who is killing these women and why?<br /> <br /> Can Jim apprehend the twisted killer before more innocent women are murdered?</p>",
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