New release!
The brand-new book from one of Britain’s favourite mystery writers.
A Black Notice means one thing: unidentified human remains. And this time, five skeletons lie interlocked in the darkness of a wartime pillbox.
Rowan Jackman and Marie Evans are the detectives who take on the toughest cases on the Lincolnshire fens. And trouble always comes in threes.
6 a.m. on a dark autumn morning. Retired detective Bob Ruston is about to feed the dog when the doorbell rings. The man on the doorstep has blood running down his cheek and a look of terror on his face. ‘Please! Let me in! They’re going to kill me!’
Bob sees a handcuff dangling from the man’s lacerated wrist.
Later that day, a stylishly dressed woman marches into Saltern-le-Fen police station demanding to see Detective Marie Evans. ‘I want you to find my husband.’
Then a homeowner clearing undergrowth in his back garden makes a horrifying discovery. The decomposing remains of five bodies tangled together in an old WW2 pillbox.
Detective Jackman asks Interpol to issue a Black Notice. But little is he prepared for the shocking results that come in . . .
DON’T MISS THE MOST ENTHRALLING CRIME THRILLER YOU’LL READ THIS YEAR.
This utterly gripping crime mystery is perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Peter May, Angela Marsons, Peter James, and Elly Griffiths.
READERS LOVE BLACK NOTICE:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Utterly mesmerising! . . . If 10 stars could be awarded, I’d gladly give them.’ Diane T.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A very, very twisty book . . . It’s the best yet from Jackman and Evans.’ Booklover Bev
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘So hard to put down. A fabulous read.’ Maureen
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Impossible to put down. I, for one, cannot wait for the next instalment in the series.’ Linda
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Brilliant, clever, captivating . . . I would give 10 stars if I could.’ Misfits farm
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A very clever tangled web, guaranteed to captivate from the first chapter until the last.’ Phil R.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Lots of drama and suspense which kept me guessing to the end.’ Carol
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Gripping and gruesome . . . A twisty page-turner.’ Coco
THE DETECTIVES
DI Rowan Jackman leads the investigation. He is extremely smart and has a knack for bringing out the best in his diverse team. He’s still reeling from the sudden, shocking death of his partner, and not quite back to his usual cheerful self. DS Marie Evans lost her first husband in a motorbike accident, but has recently found happiness with her new partner, fellow detective sergeant Ralph Enderby. She is fiercely loyal to her friends and colleagues.
THE SETTING
England’s rural fenland is a strange place, with its never-ending fields, winding tracks, and long straight droves (the old livestock routes) that lead to nowhere. The lonely lanes are flanked either side by deep drainage ditches and are, for a good part of the year, filled with tall, whispering reeds. Closer to the Wash, high seabanks form a barrier between river and marsh, and the richly fertile soil of the drained land. But when the mists come down, as they so often do, perspective is destroyed and all sense of direction lost, and then the fens become a rather frightening place of mystery and danger. Somewhere that you do not want to be at night.