Taking Emma to Cornwall to put some distance between her and her abusive, drug addict fiance seemed like a good idea at the time. Unfortunately, Ed takes her to a place where she is in even more danger as a serial killer is at large, targeting young, attractive women. DCI Bob Brown is heading up the investigation and under increasing pressure to solve the case, as each attack becomes more frenzied and the killer just as elusive. Could the answer be as simple as Ed suggests? Brown doesn't think so. Ed however, has other things to worry about as his holiday rapidly turns into a living nightmare, after being singled out by Mack, a local thug, whose vindictiveness stops at nothing, not even murder. The original and abridged version of Black Cockles was published in 2010. This version has been re-edited and contains all the deleted chapters that were omitted from the original."