Birdman is the first novel in the Jack Caffery series by Mo Hayder.
Jack investigates the case of a murderer and predator with a particularly gruesome modus operandi.
Tropes:
- Calling Card: The reason this particular unsub is known as "The Birdman" is because of their practice of sewing birds inside their victims.
- Collective Identity: The Birdman is actually a pair of perpetrators.
- I Love the Dead: The Birdman is noted to have violated the corpses of multiple victims.
- Serial Killer: The Birdman has murdered multiple women over an extended period, and sewn dead birds in their corpses.
- Serial Rapist: The Birdman has raped multiple women over an extended period, including after their deaths.