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When a woman is found dead in her bedroom, DI Reed hunts an unusual killer. And when the facts refuse to add up, she goes out on a limb, resisting pressure from above and putting herself on the line. DI Charlie Reed is investigating the murder of a woman found strangled in a flat in Chorlton, close to the detective's Manchester home. There’s no evidence of robbery or sexual assault. Curiously, the woman was killed in the hallway of her home, before being dragged into the bedroom. Reed and her faithful sidekick DS Paul Rigsby are coming up empty, when a second murder is discovered. Another...

When a grocer is found dead in his corner shop, it seems clear that he was killed by the same man apprehended for other robberies in the area. But DCI Tyler is not convinced that the case is that simple. The pressures of inner-city policing are relentless, and Tyler is only adding to his reputation as a maverick and a liability by keeping on with the investigation, despite repeated warnings from above. But the detective, true to form, is like a dog with a bone, regardless of the consequences. When complaints about his methods start to pour in, Tyler becomes more convinced that he is onto ...

When a woman with a past is brutally murdered, the detectives assigned to the investigation discover that there’s no shortage of motives and suspects. A faceless corpse is found in a local park. DCI Tyler and DS Mills establish that the dead woman was working at two brothels in the city, and operating under the name Scarlet. A wealth of suspects and motives are uncovered, and Scarlet, a complex young woman with an interesting past, appears to have been leading a secret life. The investigation stalls, and Tyler’s long-suffering boss goes off sick, his ambitious replacement demanding a ...

“Mummy – Daddy – there’s Santa! He’s hurt!” A young girl travelling home with her family, witnesses a man dressed as Santa Claus lying in an alleyway, his throat slashed. Noel Winters had been doing the rounds, playing Santa. His final engagement was at a private party hours before his murder. Winters had a reputation for heavy drinking and female company, and it had recently cost him his marriage. Local gossip suggests he had plans to be up and down a few chimneys over the festive period. DCI Tyler and DS Mills struggle to narrow down the suspects, including a bitter Santa ...

He escaped the city of nightmares once. And now he must go back... William Twist is on the brink. Yet even with his detective agency failing, he’s wary when an attractive, wealthy widow strolls into his office. But when she makes an offer for him to look into the suspicious suicide of her son, he’s in no position to refuse. Following the case to a city holding the dark and disturbing past he’s spent twenty years trying to escape, Twist is determined to rise to the challenge. Despite people depending on him, he soon deeply regrets his decision ... and curses the day that woman walked ...

EVERY COFFIN HE COMPLETES, SOMEONE DIES. The Coffin Maker lives and works alone in the Kingdom of Death. When he completes a coffin, a life on Earth ends. That’s how it’s always been. One day, as Coffin sits writing in his journal, The History of Death, trying to sum it all up in one perfect sentence, a note sails past his window. Announcing the arrival of two apprentices... 'This author is in a class of his own. Brilliant. Mark Fowler has such a unique writing style, I would love to be inside his head just to see how all these ideas come together. He is the odd ball to me, the soldier ...

An unfinished manuscript the publishing world would die for... When best-selling romance novelist Joy Haversham was murdered, she left behind an unfinished, uncharacteristic, disturbing manuscript: Silver. The book has become the Holy Grail of the publishing world. But Joy’s husband, computer scientist Roger Haversham, refuses to allow publication. Nick Slater, journalist and author, initially reported on the case, visiting the convicted murderer, Gil Ray, in prison. It was a terrifying experience for Slater, though strangely he was unable to recall anything Ray said during the interview....

When an estate agent goes missing, her husband, a security consultant, is the chief suspect. But when DCI Tyler and DS Mills are involved, things rarely prove to be so straightforward. Estate agent Paula Lyons has it all. Young and beautiful, living in a dream house, in a desirable part of town, married to a successful hunk of a man, a recent promotion and plans to start a family. But leaving for work one morning, she never arrives. Her husband, John, a security consultant, reports her missing, and DCI Tyler and DS Mills investigate. Paula and John appear to have perfect lives, and everyone...

Ben Merle is desperate. His wife has fallen victim to a mystery illness baffling the medical world, and time is running out. As a last resort Ben launches a public appeal, and an anonymous benefactor steps forward, putting Ben and Kate on a flight from their home in the UK to San Francisco. Where Merle is waiting... Soon after meeting the charismatic Merle, Kate’s health starts to improve, and Ben turns a blind eye to the mounting death toll as people around them die. But Kate wants answers, and when Merle fails to provide any she insists on going home, despite warnings that her illness ...

A crucified priest. A detective haunted by the past. A day of reckoning. When a priest is found crucified, following the desecration of local churches, hysterical media coverage focuses on terrorism, and a satanic cult operating out in the wilds of North Staffordshire. Panic grips the city. DCI Tyler and DS Mills are under pressure as the toxic atmosphere deepens. One line of enquiry, involving historic allegations against the murdered priest, is close to home for Tyler and threatens to tip him over the edge. But Mills has a hunch that could lead the investigation in a different direction, ...

MEET DCI JIM TYLER AND DS DANNY MILLS IN THE FIRST BOOK IN AN EXCITING NEW CRIME SERIES. Bullying, Corruption, and Murder. A Cold Case Heats up. It’s the summer of 2002. The corpse of a 15 year old boy, missing for thirty years, is discovered in Stoke-on-Trent, a city on the cusp of change. Chief Superintendent Berkins wants the case solved quickly. DCI Jim Tyler has arrived from London under a cloud, and finds himself teamed up with born-and-bred local DS Danny Mills to investigate the case. There is tension between the chalk-and-cheese detectives from the start, but mingled with a ...

TWO SISTERS. ONE DEADLY RIVALRY. In the small town of Valemore, twin sisters Penny and Susan live at home with their doting parents. The sisters share immense musical talent, but also a twisted rivalry that would have shocked even Cain and Abel. As children they played a game: Good Susan, Bad Penny, inflicting suffering, followed by experiments in healing through writing music. Attending college, it seems they have outgrown their sadistic childhood games. The illusion is shattered when Penny arranges an attack on Susan for stealing her boyfriend. Susan languishes on a psychiatric ward, ...

FAME. FORTUNE. MURDER. Highly acclaimed crime series featuring the inimitable DCI Jim Tyler and DS Danny Mills. Detectives Tyler & Mills uncover the dark underbelly of the music scene when a singer goes missing and a band member is murdered. Johnny and the Swamp Seeds are on the cusp of success when singer Johnny Richards goes missing. The body of a young man is found in the local canal. But the dead man is not Johnny Richards. DCI Jim Tyler leads the investigation into the brutal murder of Adam Lane, ex band member and friend of Richards since schooldays. Is the disappearance related? Is ...

When a series of women are stabbed to death in their showers, DI Charlie Reed puts her neck on the line, disregarding the orders of her superiors in a desperate bid to catch the killer before they can strike again. DI Charlie Reed is called to the scene of a murder in Fallowfield, a young woman found stabbed to death in the shower. The attack was frenetic, the victim suffering more than a hundred wounds. And yet there is no trace of evidence at the scene. With the help of her faithful sidekick DS Paul Rigsby, Reed investigates and a man is brought in for questioning. But while he is in ...

Hero of a best-selling mystery series ... and his author wants him dead. Frank Miller is the tough detective tasked with cleaning up the weird streets of Chapeltown. He is also the fictional hero of the best-selling mystery novels written by the mysterious Man Upstairs. Frank believes awareness of his own fictional existence is a sign the author's losing the plot. As Frank investigates this latest case, he understands the depth of his creator’s sickness. And comes to a shattering conclusion ... The Man Upstairs plans to end the series with the Death of Frank Miller. 'How I love Mark ...

When DCI Jim Tyler believes he has uncovered evidence of deep rooted corruption in the police department, his thirst for justice and loathing of authority combine in a deadly cocktail that threatens to destroy him. A police officer is found dead in a Staffordshire park. It looks like suicide. DCI Tyler and DS Mills want to speak to the dead officer’s partner, a bent copper recently thrown off the force. Then the partner is found dead in almost the same location. It appears to be another suicide. Tyler believes there’s a bigger story and digs deeper, upsetting half of the local police ...