Certain that the newest chain letter is a joke since the perpetrator of the original one is dead, the group takes its receipt lightly, until Fran is killed and the members realize the evil power driving the letters is still alive. Original.
Highlights: Adam Dalgliesh drinks a lot of excellent coffee; we glimpse telling flashbacks to his childhood; a ghoulish serial killer turns out not to be the most malevolent antagonist.
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