*FIRST DRAFT* The Cover of Darkness (DCI Morgan Chester Series)

He was not always a killer. But the itch needed to be scratched.
Two young prostitutes lay beaten and stabbed at the bottom of The Stables market in Camden. One dead, the other holding on by a thread.
Deeper in the market is an abandoned container etched with Satanic symbols used for a ritual. A baby lies on the sacrificial table.
As Detective Chief Inspector Morgan Chester and her colleague Detective Inspector Cole Dawson race to capture the violator. Their hunt brings them to a brothel in Kings Cross where the dead girl worked.
The surviving victim is found dead in her hospital bed.
With leads going cold and her witness dead. Morgan makes a hard decision as she enters HMP Belmarsh.