Fear is the new style in Derry.
The city’s hairstylists are running scared as the second in their circle, poor Gloria Baggot, is found brutally slain in a shower stall. She lathered her own death into her hair.
As DI McLaughlin and team struggle to find a connection between the two victims, they are pulled from the salons into a world of secret conspiracies, unearthing mysteries rooted in Ireland's ancient past. Is a deranged killer seeking revenge for a bad perm, or was Gloria’s murder a chilling rite millennia in the making?
The intrepid Major Investigation Team race to untangle fact from myth and stop a monstrous offender before history repeats itself.
Member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Crime Writers Association, best-selling author Gerald Hansen was a Navy brat. He started school in Thailand, graduated high school in Iceland, with Germany, California and his mother's hometown of Derry, Northern Ireland in between. He attended Dublin City University, and also lived in London and Berlin. The first of his Derry Women Series, An Embarrassment of Riches, was an ABNA semifinalist in 2011. His crime series, the Derry Murder Mysteries, has been a great success. He also has a travelogue series, Around The World With Jet Lag Jerry. He loves music, spicy food, wearing Ben Sherman and traveling the world (still). He now lives in New York City.