The Generation Killer / Adam Simcox.

"Good cop, dead cop"--Cover.

On the sixth day, God created Manchester. On the seventh, The Generation Killer intends to tear it down. There's a new serial killer in Manchester - and it's up to a dead guy to catch him. Joe Lazarus, specifically: his latest Dying Squad assignment demands he bring to justice The Generation Killer, a psychopath who murders the oldest member of a family, as well as the youngest. Joe and his new partner Bits have mere hours to catch the killer and save his latest kidnap victim. Joe's former partner, Daisy-May has her own problems. Children in the Pen are going missing and Daisy-May resolves to find out who's taking them, one of the many, Warden-of-the-Pen jobs on her to do list. Her predecessor The Duchess won't be able to lighten her load; she's tracked her terrorist-in-waiting sister, Hanna, to Tokyo. The Duchess doesn't know what Hanna's planning, she only knows that unless she stops her, it's going to be very bad news for the living...