His son's murder took everything from him, apart from his belief in the law, even though the killers were never found. This year, though, the card bears a different message: I know who did it.
Meanwhile, a woman who died in a car accident is claiming to be back from the dead - with a terrifying account of what she's been through.
The answer to both lies with the kind of people you want to run from - and uncovering the truth means going through hell . . .
Praise for Alex North
'The best crime novel of the decade' Steve Cavanagh
'A thriller that is both terrifying and utterly heartbreaking. Mesmerising and masterful' Mark Billingham
'This is a true skin-crawler' Guardian
'Shades of Thomas Harris and Stephen King but brilliant in its own right' C.J. Tudor
'First it's spooky. Then it's scary. Then it's terrifying' A.J. Finn