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In the quiet tranquillity of a high-rise apartment, a woman lays motionless, her beautiful eyes forever frozen in a timeless stare…
When the body of a beautiful and wealthy doctor is discovered in her high-rise apartment – all alone with the doors locked from the inside – nobody can understand how or why her life has been so brutally cut short.
Detective Jacqueline “Jack” Kent may have never worked a murder case before, but that’s not going to stop her trying. It seems Ana’s murderer may have scaled the ten-story building to get in – and Jack should know. As an elite climber herself, it’s a set of skills that only a handful of people have. This can’t be the killer’s first innocent victim, and if Jack doesn’t act fast, it won’t be their last.
Jack throws herself into the investigation, determined to beat the twisted climber at their own game. But the crime scene prompts harrowing memories for Jack, who’s still haunted by the death of her best friend Hannah, killed on a mountain only months before. Jack lived that day while Hannah died beside her. Night after night, she relives her friend’s final moments in her dreams.
When the body of another victim is found, it’s clear that someone evil is trying to get Jack’s attention. Could the killer be one of her own close circle of friends from childhood? As the lines between her personal and professional life blur, Jack must confront the demons of her own past to stop a cold-blooded killer from striking again.
Detective Jack Kent is a heroine who grabs you and doesn’t let go. The first in an unputdownable new crime thriller series, perfect for readers who adore Angela Marsons, Rachel McLean and Sally Rigby.
BAT GIRL
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07RBKN2TZ/
If you loved Broadchurch then you will love this!
‘A real page turner’, ‘Gripping. The characters leap off the page. You can feel their pain as if they’re standing next to you.’ Comments from readers.
BAT GIRL is the story of those left behind after a terrible crime. Robert and Emma Dean are the parents of Charly, an adventurous six-year-old who often emulated her hero — BAT GIRL. A young girl who was taken, murdered and had her long, blonde hair shorn off by a killer who is still out there.
Six months later, in the same small English town, there is a second murder of a six-year-old girl, Sam Porter. Her body is discovered in the local wood with her head shorn of her long blonde hair — a perfect match for the murder of Charly.
TRAFFIC
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YCG7RBJ
If you enjoyed Line of Duty, then this is the police procedural for you!
'You care for those women more than you do your two daughters.'
DI Amelia Barton, a widow with two young daughters, knows this isn't true, but who else will fight for trafficked women? Who else will take time to listen and find refuge for them? Who else would understand that you don't need chains or weapons to exert power or enslave?
Amelia is a senior detective in the Sex Trafficking Unit of the National Crime Agency. The bodies of two women, branded with the same rose tattoo, are found in quick succession. The team have been told by other, recently freed, women that they are searching for a trafficker and possible murderer known as The Devil. But Amelia is fighting her own demon... DS Jake Travis. Will she find The Devil, or will Jake destroy everything she has fought for when he goes undercover, putting the trafficked women at even greater risk?
Consent
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083Y51TJG
Readers loved Traffic, the first book in the NCA series, describing it as ‘a modern, fast paced page turner that made you wonder what could be happening in your street’.
Consent is the second book in the series. DI Amelia Barton returns from maternity leave and is assigned to a child sexual exploitation case. Despite not being her usual line of work, Amelia is determined to support the girls involved and to bring their abusers to justice.
However, Amelia discovers that The Devil, head of the sex trafficking who murdered DS Chloe Smith and kidnapped her, is still on the run across Europe with his daughter Lillian. As she hunts him down, it becomes clear that he is involved in more than just sex trafficking.
Could the two cases be linked? Will Amelia be able to capture The Devil before he destroys more women and girls?
‘Authentic characters in this chilling book about the reality of women who are the victims of trafficking.’
Like many emergency workers, DI Amelia Barton must adapt to new ways of working during the pandemic. A group of trafficked women are discovered in a warehouse next to Birmingham canals. In order to discover who is holding them captive, Amelia and her team begin surveillance.
Meanwhile, The Undertaker continues to taunt the police by displaying the murder victims of organised crime groups in plain sight, including the body of DS Chloe Smith. Can Amelia bring him to justice before he starts his own murder spree?
