Mo Hayder : The Jack Caffrey Books Quiz

Answer: Ivan Penderecki

Penderecki lives behind the house in which Jack grew up. A railway lines separates the houses, yet Jack continually spies on the aging peodophile. The subject is dominant in Hayder's second book 'The Treatment'. In this book, the reader also discovers what happened to Ewan.

Answer: False

Rebecca is an artist and Jack's girlfriend in the second book, 'The Treatment'. She is also featured in 'Birdman', in which she is raped and then found by Caffrey.

Answer: A bird

Hence the title! Once his victims were dead, the murderer sewed a bird into the chest of the girl to produce the illusion of a fluttering heart.

Answer: AMIP

Caffrey works for the crack murder squad of London's Metropolitan police. The books are generally set in south London covering areas such as Greenwich and Brixton, within those first two books.

Answer: DI

Caffrey is a seasoned DI, who knows the ins and outs of the crime world. He is shocked by very little and is good at reading people, hence his ability to solve crimes!

Answer: Bristol

Following the suicide of Penderecki, Jack feels the answers concerning his brother's abduction no longer lie in London. Jack transfers to Bristol, leaving behind his girlfriend Rebecca.

Answer: Phoebe Marley

Phoebe 'Flea' Marley becomes somewhat of a female lead in this novel. The narrative is split between her and Caffrey as they delve into the world of African ritual after the discovery of a set of hands in the river. Flea also deals with her own demons, both of her parents having died in a diving accident.

Answer: Mossy

Mossy is a local drug addict who gets caught up in a ring of body part selling. The novel follows the days leading up to his mutilation and following up until he is found by Caffrey and Flea. His real name is Ian Mallows.

Answer: Boesmansgat

Her parents died during the dive, a dive which she avoided by cutting her own feet on glass. Throughout the book Flea believes her mother is trying to talk to her and takes ibogaine to try to communicate further. During a hallucination Flea sees that her parent's bodies are stuck on a ledge within the cave; her mother then warns her not to have them brought to the surface.

Answer: The Walking Man

The Walking Man alerts Jack to the possibility that he is obsessed with death and that he put his life on hold to pursue the disappearance of his brother, rather than living his own life.