The Reborn (Rhona MacLeod)

When the body of a pregnant teenager is found in a Hall of Mirrors with the full-term fetus surgically removed, forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is called in to assist the police. Suspicion falls on Jeff Coulter, a psychotic inmate at a nearby hospital whose hobby is making Reborns—chillingly realistic baby dolls intended for bereaved parents or those unable to conceive. But how could he have orchestrated the murder from a secure mental facility? The investigation leads to a group of teenage girls who seem to have all got pregnant at the same time, and then a Reborn doll is discovered near the crime scene, and a second girl from the group is found dead. Creepy, compelling, and heart-stoppingly tense, this is Lin Anderson's most powerful novel yet.