The Cutting is a dark, gripping debut thriller that is in the vein of Tess Gerritsen’s The Surgeon.
Detective Sargent Michael McCabe is a tough former NYPD cop who moves to Portland, Maine to forget his past and to provide a safe environment for his daughter, Casey. But he never dreamed that he would have to track down a serial killer who cuts the hearts out of young women who are still alive.
Phillip Spencer, a cardiac surgeon, tries to help with the investigation only to become a suspect himself. Michael teams up with detective Maggie Savage, a French medical student and a former Miami reporter to track down the psychopathic killer whose identity might be a friend of Spencer’s from medical school.
Hayman has succeeded in writing a thriller that rivals the best thriller writers today and one hopes to hear from him for years to come.
