Publisher's Synopsis
A nightmare scenario: a man so tortured by the brutal killing of his own wife that he seeks consolation - redress in the idea of a new partner who has experienced the same awful grief as himself. But to find that partner, he has to create the conditions for her grief. He has to kill, in the most terrible way. Then he has to groom the bereaved for her future life with him. The problem is, he's never quite satisfied. How many people have to die before he feels the scales have been balanced?
