Murder at The Midland

A DC Oliver Cole Mystery (Book 3)

Detective Constable Oliver Cole has his period of annual leave interrupted when he finds out that Lancashire Police have requested that he travels to Lancashire to assist them with a difficult case. An actor had been murdered at The Midland Hotel in Morecambe in particularly mysterious circumstances having drank a glass of champagne laced with cyanide. The officer in charge, DCI Dominic Wilson, had previously received a warning that someone was about to die and that it would be the first of seven deaths, but the warning had been dismissed by him as a crank. The discovery of a second clue in the pocket of the deceased actor links the clue with the first dismissed clue and it becomes clear that DCI Wilson is dealing with a serial killer. Knowing of Cole’s particular skills in solving clues from serial killers, Wilson sends for Cole to help him solve the clues. The case, however, is not straightforward and Oliver becomes embroiled in the hunt for the killer rather than just assisting in the solving of the clues. With Jack Collier by his side, Oliver is under pressure to unmask the killer before he strikes again.