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    "annotation": "<p><span>When silence falls, who will hear their screams?</span><br /><span>The body of a young girl is found dumped on the roadside on the outskirts of Edinburgh. When pathologists examine the remains, they make a gruesome discovery: the silhouette of a doll carved in the victim&rsquo;s skin. And when a macabre ragdoll is found nestled beside an abandoned baby, DI Luc Callanch learns the killer&rsquo;s horrifying game plan &ndash; cutting out dolls from the flesh of his victims.</span><br /><span>When a series of drug-users are brutally branded with the letter Z slashed into their foreheads, Luc and his partner Ava must risk both their jobs and their lives to unearth the truth. Is this the merciless work of the same assailant?</span><br /><span>As the killer&rsquo;s twisted games persist, Luc knows it&rsquo;s only a matter of time before he strikes again. Can they stop another victim from being silenced forever &ndash; or is it already too late?</span></p>",
    "description": "<p><span>When silence falls, who will hear their screams?<br /></span><br /><span>The body of a young girl is found dumped on the roadside on the outskirts of Edinburgh. When pathologists examine the remains, they make a gruesome discovery: the silhouette of a doll carved in the victim&rsquo;s skin. And when a macabre ragdoll is found nestled beside an abandoned baby, DI Luc Callanch learns the killer&rsquo;s horrifying game plan &ndash; cutting out dolls from the flesh of his victims.<br /></span><br /><span>When a series of drug-users are brutally branded with the letter Z slashed into their foreheads, Luc and his partner Ava must risk both their jobs and their lives to unearth the truth. Is this the merciless work of the same assailant?<br /></span><br /><span>As the killer&rsquo;s twisted games persist, Luc knows it&rsquo;s only a matter of time before he strikes again. Can they stop another victim from being silenced forever &ndash; or is it already too late?</span></p>",
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