Scream: DCI Mark Lapslie (Book 3) [Paperback] McCrery, Nigel

A body turns up in a Cambridgeshire field, throat slashed, no witnesses. But DCI Mark Lapslie has a complication most detectives don't: synaesthesia. He tastes sounds — voices, traffic, screaming — and it makes crime scenes a sensory nightmare. As Lapslie digs into the murder, he uncovers links to a series of cold cases stretching back years, all with the same brutal signature. The killer is methodical, patient, and still hunting. Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective turned crime novelist, writes procedurals with forensic precision and gritty authenticity. The synaesthesia angle isn't gimmicky — it's a genuine obstacle that adds psychological weight to the investigation. Third in the Lapslie series, but it works as a standalone. For readers who like their British police procedurals dark, detailed, and character-driven.