"The higher you climb, the further you fall.
On her way home after an overnight shift, DI Jan Talantire hears the control room relaying an emergency. Someone has fallen to their death from one of the highest cliffs in Devon. Jan is nearby so she agrees to hold the fort until uniformed cops arrive.
At the scene, a small knot of people have gathered, all of whom have some connection to the victim, Joanne Dexter. Could one of them have been involved in her death?
When the Commissioner personally asks Jan to take charge of the case, she is taken aback – such a small incident would usually be beneath a DI. But she soon realises there’s far more to this case than first meets the eye. This fall was no accident.
Joanne’s work forced her into close contact with some dangerous people. Could she have gotten on their bad side? Or was her killer someone closer to home?
An unputdownable British crime thriller from the million-copy bestseller. Perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths, Kate Ellis and Sally Rigby."
"What happened to the missing victim?
On a midsummer’s night, a stolen car packed with teenagers crashes at high speed on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. DI Jan Talantire arrives at the scene to find the victims of the crash.
It appears to be a tragic accident until a worried mother turns up at the scene of the accident. Her daughter, Rhiannon, a friend of the joyriders, hasn’t been seen since the previous night. The account dovetails with the statement of the householder who claimed to see a girl running near the crashed vehicle the moment he emerged.
Was Rhiannon in the car with her friends when it crashed, and if she was, why did she flee? And where is she now?
A tense and gripping detective novel. Perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and Sally Rigby"
"Ein Killer auf freiem Fuß im vermeintlich sicheren Pendlergürtel Surreys.
DCI Craig Gillard braucht Antworten - und zwar schnell ...
Der aufstrebende Architekt Peter Young wird kaltblütig an seinem Schreibtisch erschossen. Gillard ist sofort am Tatort und muss feststellen, dass es sich um einen hochprofessionellen Mord handelt: zwei Kugeln, abgefeuert mit eiskalter Präzision.
Gillard weiß: Der Schlüssel zur Lösung des Falls liegt in einer einzigen Frage – Warum?
Zwei Wochen später wird an der Küste von Lincolnshire eine weitere Leiche an einem windgepeitschten Strand gefunden. Die Identität des jungen Mannes bleibt unklar, doch ein seltsames Brandzeichen im Nacken der Leiche könnte einen entscheidenden Hinweis geben.
Mit jeder neuen Spur wächst das Mysterium, und Gillard steht vor immer mehr Fragen. Er sieht sich dunklen Mächten gegenüber, Menschen, für die nur zwei Dinge zählen: Blut und ein verqueres Verständnis von Ehre.
Diesmal geht es um alles: Das Leben von zwei Kindern steht auf dem Spiel – und auch Gillards eigenes.
Rasant und packend erzählt und mit einem unerwarteten Twist versehen, ist der zweite Fall für DCI Gillard ideal für Fans von Mark Billingham und Ian Rankin."
"Der Kriminologe Martin Knight genießt in der Fachwelt hohes Ansehen, ist Familienvater und gut situiert. Er ist regelmäßig zu Gast in den Medien und als scharfzüngiger Kritiker des britischen Justizsystems der Polizei ein Dorn im Auge.
Dann jedoch verschwindet seine Frau. Liz ist eine brillante Wissenschaftlerin und stellvertretende Leiterin einer Schule. Ihr Verschwinden scheint unerklärlich. Und dann taucht Martin unter.
DCI Gillard soll das Verschwinden aufklären, doch er trägt ein Geheimnis mit sich herum. Für ihn ist die Angelegenheit persönlich. Denn dreißig Jahre zuvor hatte er eine Beziehung mit der Verschwundenen. Sie brach ihm das Herz und entschied sich für einen anderen – Martin Knight.
Im malerischen Surrey in Südengland entspannt sich eine Dreiecksgeschichte aus Liebe und Tod, die für alle Beteiligten weitaus dunklere Wendungen nimmt als zunächst angenommen.
Ein packender Thriller des Bestsellerautors Nick Louth."
"Fifty years. Two deaths. One detective to solve an impossible case...
DI Jan Talantire is called to a cottage in Ilfracombe, where the female occupant is found dead, impaled with a crucifix. The woman, who had been renting the house for a few months, is well known locally, but the documents at the house indicate her real name is Ruth Lyle. The name means nothing to the young PC who found her, DI Talantire knows this cannot be the body of Ruth Lyle.
Because fifty years earlier, sixteen-year-old Ruth Lyle was murdered - stabbed by a crucifix, in exactly the same location. It is impossible for this to be the same Ruth Lyle, and yet the records are a match. DI Talantire must solve the ultimate riddle: how can a woman die twice?
A twisty and unputdownable crime thriller. Perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and Kate Ellis."
"With a baby on the way, a pregnant wife to take care of and a new home to settle into, DCI Craig Gillard seems to have found a life of domestic bliss.
But when retired police sergeant Ken Stapleford is found stabbed to death in front of his own TV while watching Saturday afternoon football, Gillard’s peace is once again disturbed.
Only a day later, just a short walk from his new home, Gillard is himself witness to the killing of a jogger in Nightingale Park. A strange forensic connection emerges between the two killings, something that seems impossible. As he digs into the evidence, Gillard uncovers two more attacks, and any chance of taking time off for the birth of his child disappears.
And all the time the killer is circling closer and closer..."
"For DCI Gillard, sometimes old sins cast long shadows…
Under a motorway flyover lies the body of a young man. Days earlier, he had been involved in an altercation with DCI Craig Gillard’s pregnant partner Sam. Now he’s dead...
Meanwhile, something is brewing in the criminal underworld. Whispers of a big job have reached the Met’s Flying Squad. Something is going to be stolen, and soon. Something worth £500m.
But what? And where? And how does it relate to the body under the overpass? It should be a simple case: stop the burglary, crack the gang, find the murderer – but for Gillard, once again it’s personal…
Fast-paced and utterly unputdownable, the next instalment of the DCI Gillard series is perfect for fans of Robert Bryndza, Stuart Macbride and Faith Martin."
"You can run. You can hide. But you can't escape…
Jonathan Hale is terrified. The wealthy property lawyer and money launderer is back home in Surrey after a nightmare experience in a U.S. jail. The police have him under secret surveillance.
But Hales's fears lie elsewhere. His plea bargain has earned him the enmity of The Reptile, a notoriously cold-hearted gangster, now confined for life in a maximum-security jail in Arizona thanks to Hale. He's taken precautions, moved house, hidden his identity and installed security for his wife and family. But still… what if The Reptile escapes?
For DCI Gillard it should be just another week at work. But before long he is involved in a desperate manhunt that will test him to his very limits.
Be prepared.
Strap yourself in for an intense and unforgettable crime thriller that won't let go, perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Cara Hunter and Mark Billingham."
"It’s not only secrets that are buried by the water… A gripping crime thriller from bestseller master Nick Louth
On the tree-lined banks of Surrey’s River Wey, a decaying corpse is dug up by workmen in the middle of an Anglo-Saxon burial site. His modern dental fillings show that this is no Dark Age corpse...
DCI Craig Gillard is called in, but the body’s condition makes identification difficult. One man, however, seems to fit the bill: Ozzy Blanchard, a contractor employed by the same water firm doing the digging who disappeared six months ago, his crashed company car found nearby.
But then an X-ray of the corpse throws the investigation into turmoil. A shard of metal lodged in his neck turns out to be part of an Anglo-Saxon dagger unknown to archaeologists. Who wielded this mystery weapon and why? Does the answer lie in a murderous feud between two local families?
The deeper Gillard digs, the more shocking truths he will uncover.
A totally original crime mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end, The Body Amongst the Willows is an absolute thrill-ride, perfect for fans of Michael Connelly, Ann Cleeves and Mark Billingham."
"You can never escape the past. Especially on the moors...
After the National Crime Agency cracks a major drug gang, junior barrister Julia McGann finds herself defending the violent enforcer Terrence Bonner. This high-profile case is a coup for her, but almost immediately things start to go wrong. Intruders break into her house and then a young girl turns up at her door with a horrifying story to tell.
Three months later, DCI Craig Gillard and his team struggle with the shocking murder of a much respected local headmaster, found dead in his own car. The baffling crime fills the newspapers but yields few clues. As Gillard sifts the evidence, a pair of blood-spattered gloves seems important.
Why were they used for both the murder, and for the burglary at Julia's house? What secrets is the barrister hiding... and what happened on the Derbyshire Moors two decades ago that could be the key to these shocking events?
A story of deceit, vengeance and blackmail, bestseller Nick Louth will leave you reeling in this unpredictable crime thriller."
"An extraordinary thriller that grips like steel. Perfect for fans of Tom Bale, David Jackson and K.L. Slater.
Veteran BBC journalist Chris Wyrecliffe finds himself in the Middle East as the Arab Spring explodes into life. Back on the front line at last, he’s stumbled across the biggest story of his life. But two women have a hold on him. One, a wealthy Saudi beauty he has loved since the first moment he saw her. The other, a feisty young Palestinian refugee loves him with a frightening intensity. Wyrecliffe is caught between them in a dangerous game whose implications are as extreme as they are hidden… For in the dark Al Qaeda underworld hides a man with the veteran journalist in his sights. The net is closing fast. With the clock ticking, Wyrecliffe could be the instrument of a terrorist plot astonishing in its ingenuity and daring…
“Sparkles with tension.” KATE MITCHELL, author of The House Fell On Her Head."
"A large country mansion. A locked room. A gruesome murder.
Russian oligarch Alexander Volkov has invited 1000 guests to a party at his palatial Surrey residence, Westgrave Hall. But while giving a private tour of the library, a gunman kills Volkov, wounding his ex-wife and slaying her new beau. Nothing makes sense to DCI Craig Gillard. In the blood-spattered crime scene there are no forensic traces of anyone else involved, CCTV shows no one entered or left the library, and everyone seems to have an alibi. Is it a crime of revenge, the squaring of a love triangle, or a Russian government operation? Could the victims have simply shot each other? Gillard's eventual discovery is shocking even to him.
A gripping crime thriller from a master of the genre, The Bodies at Westgrave Hall will leave you guessing until the very end."
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