To Begin The End: An Alicia Friend Investigation

When nightmares become real, Detective Alicia Friend faces her deadliest challenge yet.

Once known for her bubbly, upbeat personality, Detective Inspector Alicia Friend has spent years battling the darkness of the job. But the violence and apathy she's faced have taken their toll, and the cracks are beginning to show.

Now, the figure from a young woman's nightmares has stepped into reality. The Skinny Man is here - but he's no ghost. He's a real, flesh-and-blood killer, obsessed with Alicia's most infamous case: the Century Killer. And he will stop at nothing - kidnapping, torture, and murder - to finish what he believes was left undone.

As Alicia fights to protect the young woman from a brutal fate, she's also struggling with her own unraveling mind and the secrets she's kept hidden for so long. But with the stakes higher than ever, Alicia knows that her past won't stay buried forever.

To Begin the End is the seventh novel in the Alicia Friend thriller series by best-selling author A. D. Davies. Step into Alicia's darkest case yet as the series comes to a heart-pounding conclusion.