A Killer of Influence

Following a convention in the Scottish Highlands, eight social media influencers vanish without a trace, leaving their followers and families in a state of shock, and the police clueless as to their whereabouts.
And then, the livestreams begin.
Broadcast live from their squalid underground cells, the young influencers are forced into a sadistic battle for survival.
With each livestream, their captor pits them against each other in a twisted competition for likes. The influencer with the fewest positive reactions faces a gruesome end live on camera.
As the likes increase and the death toll rises, DCI Jack Logan and his team must traverse both the Scottish wilderness and the darkest corners of the internet to try and save the remaining captives.
But how do you catch a killer who is always one click ahead?

About the author

JD Kirk is the author of the multi-million bestselling DCI Logan series, set in the Highlands of Scotland. He also does not exist. Instead, JD is the pen name of former children's author and screenwriter, Barry Hutchison, who was born and raised in Fort William. He still lives in the Highlands with his wife and children. He has no idea what the JD stands for.

Summary

Five social-media influencers vanish in the Highlands, their battle for survival livestreamed from underground cells. Can DCI Logan navigate the darkest corners of the internet to save them?

Product details

• Authors: J. D. Kirk, JD Kirk
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.06.2025
• EAN: 9781804368343
• ISBN: 978-1-80436-834-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Series: DCI Logan Crime Thrillers; Canelo Crime
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Thrillers / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Fiction: special features, FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Scotland, FICTION / Noir, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems