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A heart-stopping crime thriller with "a tense, twisty storyline . . . [and] a terrific climax"—first in the Manchester Murders series (Love Books, Read Books).
When DI Joe Burton and DS Sally Fielding are called to investigate a suspicious death in a care home, it is just the start of their problems.
As further bodies are discovered, with playing cards placed beside their bodies, the Manchester police realise they have their...
When DI Joe Burton and DS Sally Fielding are called to investigate a suspicious death in a care home, it is just the start of their problems.
As further bodies are discovered, with playing cards placed beside their bodies, the Manchester police realise they have their...
2) Expiry Date
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Some secrets lie close to home... A family day out turns sour for DI McKay when he stumbles across an unidentified corpse. The day becomes darker still when his brother-in-law goes missing and is eventually, found dead, the result of a seemingly accidental fall. Meanwhile, DCI Helena Grant has a disastrous on-line date with a pompous senior manager of a local hotel chain. Her initial amusement turns to unease at his disturbing behavior. And, as she...
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How can you find someone who doesn't want to be found? When Detective Garda Sergeant Mike West is, called to investigate a murder in a Dublin graveyard, suspicion immediately falls on a local woman, Edel Johnson, whose husband disappeared some months before. But then, she disappears. Evidence leads West to a small village in Cornwall, but when he checks in to an Inn, he finds Edel has, arrived before him. Her explanation seems to make sense but as...
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Could you solve the mystery? A murder followed by a series of random, motiveless crimes leave Detective Garda Sergeant Mike West and his team puzzled. When Edel Johnson arrives at the scene of a crime Mike is taken aback, more so when he discovers she is now working with a victim support group. He has feelings for her, but he is the garda who investigated her husband's murder, and their relationship is complicated. With crime in Dublin's suburbs at...
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Crime and criminals keep getting in the way of Detective Garda Sergeant Mike West's personal life. The woman he loves is living in his house, in his spare bedroom. It should be simple, but it isn't. He has a solution. A romantic weekend away, in a lighthouse on Clare Island. A stunning place, a beautiful woman. What could be more perfect? When one of the islanders dies in a bizarre and a tragic accident, West is roped in to help. But it isn't an accident,...
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A quiet Scottish village is besieged with violence in this thriller series debut by the international bestselling author of Dark is the Day.
The Scottish village of Castletown is known for its university, but the small town has now become the site of a spate of horrible murders, a targeted bomb explosion, and a lecturer’s disappearance. What could link these bizarre and unnerving crimes? And what would cause
...7) Cold Blood
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A missing child cold case. One man determined to solve the mystery. When DCI Liam Bennet receives an unexpected message from Lorraine, his ex-partner, he hopes that she wants to reconnect with Joe, their ten-year-old son. But all she wants is his help. She's part of a small film crew investigating a cold case in her home village of Lampton and she wants Bennet to access police files. He wants no part of it. But when Joe learns his mother has been...
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This killer takes no prisoners... Recently promoted to Detective Sergeant, Nasreen Maqsood is given the case of a brutalised body found dead in a car park. When they discover the victim was dragged around the car park by a pick-up truck and the killer recorded the murder, Nasreen realises she has her work cut out. She also has a new partner, Alicia Weekes, and the two detectives don't get on. When the victim is identified, the case takes an interesting...
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Can you always trust the evidence? Maya Barton has just embarked on her dream job as a scene of crime officer. When she attends her first death the post-mortem deems it to be non-suspicious and the case is closed. But despite the lack of evidence, she suspects a crime has been committed. Meanwhile, the police force focus on a mission to bring a criminal gang to justice. When Maya is called to another apparent sudden death her reservations resurface....
10) The Cutter
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This is going to hurt... This killer is playing a deadly game and DI Melanie Watton, must win if she wants to survive. When DI Melanie Watton is, called in to investigate the brutal murder of a taxidermist, she and her team find themselves tracking a killer and a thief. With very few leads to go on, the trail goes cold, until one of the missing taxidermy projects finally appears planted at another crime scene. The killer continues to leave clues and...
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DISCOVER THE COMPLETE DCI REECE SERIES TODAY. There are three unmissable crime thrillers in this great value boxset: The Other Her: A detective on the edge. A killer on the loose. When DCI Bran Reece is called to the bloody crime scene of a murdered woman, he thinks the case is his. But the new Chief Superintendent has other ideas. She sees the recently widowed Reece as a volatile risk-taker and puts him on leave, forcing him to watch from the sidelines....
12) Shattered
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When you can't prove it's murder, how do you get justice? DI Kate Fletcher is called to a gory crime scene just outside Doncaster. Julia Sullivan — a prominent right-wing local politician — has been murdered in her bath, her wrists and throat slashed with a shard of mirror. Despite the presence of a note, the death is clearly not suicide. A second fake suicide is discovered near the village of Turton. At the scene, Kate is struck by the similarity...
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He knows her name... Where she lives... And, wants her dead. Dr. Richard Wellman is a Consultant Anaesthetist at the University Hospital in Cardiff. He's also, a disturbed serial killer with a grudge. Back at work after being, shot, DCI Bran Reece is still struggling following his wife's murder nearly eighteen months earlier. As Reece and his team investigate a number of separate murders, he suspects they are, linked, despite the evidence suggesting...
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Sometimes there is only one course of action... When intruders enter a radio station and kill a famed presenter it sets in motion a chain of events that will push the Metropolitan Police to their limits. Officers Hayes and Miller are on the trail of a suspect and when Eric Helsey is detained, the police realise they have arrested the wrong man. As the case grows more complicated with each revelation, and the body count rises, they find themselves...
15) The Copycat
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MEET DI MELANIE WATTON IN THIS PAGE-TURNING NEW MYSTERY, WHICH WILL KEEP YOU HOOKED. When the body of a young woman, Jenni Grantham, is found abandoned, DI Melanie Watton and her team are, called to investigate. It soon becomes apparent that the murder, the method and the appearance of the victim, is something they have seen before. With the help of Medical Examiner George Waller, DI Watton uncovers the case history of Michael Richards, a local murderer...
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Do you really trust your friends? It all starts with a reunion... When two bodies are, discovered over a hundred miles apart the most obvious link appears to be DI Kate Fletcher, but as Kate's team investigate, a more sinister connection develops - one firmly rooted in the past. The discovery of another victim confirms Kate's suspicion that this is a murderer with a clear agenda. All the evidence leads back to Thorpe, Kate's childhood home, and the...
17) Bird of Prey
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She's looking for you... Since committing her first murder a month ago, Cara Mooney craves the high it gave her and decides it's time to kill again. Her victim Ryan has no idea he's next. Meanwhile, after being, suspended from her job, DC Nasreen Maqsood returns to work and quickly suspects that DCS Adams might be a dirty cop. She vows to investigate but knows she must tread carefully. Then she's handed the case of Ryan's murder. With the pressure...
18) Dark Is the Day
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A crazed killer. Unsuspecting victims. A town gripped by terror. DI Jim Carruthers has to put his personal feelings for newly- appointed DCI Sandra McTavish aside when a young student is brutally attacked and left for dead. Meanwhile, when a university lecturer is stalked by one of her own students, Carruthers is horrified to discover that the academic is none other than his ex-wife, Mairi. Are the attacker and stalker one and the same, and if so,...
19) The Watcher
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How do you solve a case when there isn't a crime scene? When DI Melanie Watton and her team are called in to investigate a video recording that surfaces in a local school, they realise that they have a complex case on their hands. When the recording is studied by the Medical Examiner, it becomes apparent the team are now faced with a gruesome recording of a murder. Over the course of several minutes, the killer administers drugs before suffocating...
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DI Alec McKay is back. In the depths of a cold Scottish winter, an unidentified body is found in the heart of a solstice bonfire, apparently burned alive. Over a tense Christmas, a retired businessman goes missing, his body eventually found hanging from a tree in the coastal town. Another associate is found brutally murdered in his remote Highland home. DCI Helena Grant wants to spend a romantic Christmas with her new partner, the crime writer Bill...
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