Devil House

A DCI Isaac Cook Crime Thriller

A naked man spreadeagled on a bare floor. Pagan symbols. Human sacrifice in suburban London.

'I thought they used virgins,' Sergeant Wendy Gladstone says. She's seen plenty in her career, but this is a first—middle-class affluence meeting ancient ritual murder.

'He might have been,' DI Larry Hill replies flippantly. He's seen worse, but even he's unsettled.

When Detective Chief Inspector Isaac Cook arrives at the suburban house, he takes one look at the body and walks outside. 'It's a murder, that's all we need to know,' he tells his team. But this killing has roots that go deeper than anyone imagined.

The house is ordinary, the neighborhood respectable. Yet someone performed a ritual sacrifice here, complete with symbols suggesting pagan worship. Was this a genuine believer or someone staging a scene?

As Cook investigates, he discovers that ancient beliefs haven't disappeared—they've just gone underground. And in suburban London, behind closed doors, some people still worship the old gods.

The question isn't whether the killer believes—it's what they're willing to sacrifice next.

Perfect for fans of Peter James, Ian Rankin, and Lynda La Plante.