An obsessed killer plays games with the living and the dead.
One rainy night in Seattle, the body of a young woman is found outside a dance studio. Cause of death, a single gunshot wound to the head.
The victim is recognised by her former teacher as a student who disappeared four years ago.
The FBI’s advanced AI system, Themis, alerts Special Agent Ilona Farris, who quickly links the case to similar deaths in Washington State.
All the unfortunate souls were holding a page torn from the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. But the mutilated bodies tell a story far darker than those found in folklore.
What happens to the victims before they are found, years later? And can the choice of fairy tale in each killing hold the key to discovering the motive of the murderer?
THE FAIRY TALE MURDERS is the fifth standalone thriller in a gripping series about a special FBI unit focused on seemingly unsolvable crimes. The full list is as follows:
1. THE PIPER’S CHILDREN
2. THE WHISTLER’S OMEN
3. THE STORM KILLINGS
4. THE DEVIL’S ARTIST
5. THE FAIRY TALE MURDERS
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The search for a missing cop uncovers a dark side of Wales
When her partner DI Ben James disappears with no more than a short goodbye note, journalist Stacey Logan struggles to believe he could be so callous.
But DI Gareth Nettle of Dyfed Powys Police, keen to allocate resources to other cases, seems adamant that he has upped sticks and a search is a waste of time.
Drawing on her own investigative skills, Stacey begins by looking for proof that her partner was abducted. Following sparse evidence and clues to his latest whereabouts, she stumbles on a serious case of what looks like a human trafficking operation taking place right in the heart of Wales.
Is Ben’s disappearance related to it? Is he in danger, or part of the scheme?
When the police relent and look into the case, more gruesome facts are uncovered linking Ben to a dangerous group. It will take all of Stacey’s cool and cunning to trace the connection and find him, dead or alive.
NOT FORGOTTEN is the third standalone title in a series of mysteries set in Mid Wales. The full list of books is as follows:
1. NO REFUGE
2. THE CONSORTIUM
3. NOT FORGOTTEN
4. RIGHT OF SANCTUARY
5. CODDLING MOLLY
6. GONE TO THE DOGS
7. MURDER SPIKE
8. RIVER OF BODIES
9. GREEN SHOOTS
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A cruel murder forces a Liverpool family to confront their past
The discovery of the badly burned corpse of a woman on an estate near the docks has DI Jordan Carr very worried. Especially as no one has been reported missing.
But there is one family who are grieving in private. Four siblings who have guessed the victim must be their mother. Four individuals who fear that the family’s Irish past has finally crept up on them.
Good police work leads DI Carr to the victim’s house but he is met with hostility. Even so, when the youngest daughter, Molly, goes missing with her small child, he makes it his personal mission to find her.
This will force the detective into conflict with his impossible bullying boss, DCI Cross, who seems intent on undermining his efforts.
Showing his tenacious side, Carr will have to go against procedure to find Molly, her child, and a killer.
BODY BY THE DOCKS is the second murder mystery by Diane Dickson with protagonist DI Jordan Carr. Look out for the rest of the series! The full list of books, all available FREE with Kindle Unlimited and in paperback, is as follows:
1. BODY ON THE SHORE
2. BODY BY THE DOCKS
3. BODY OUT OF PLACE
4. BODY IN THE SQUAT
5. BODY IN THE CANAL
6. BODY ON THE ESTATE
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A private investigator’s past catches up with him when a body is found…
When a dry spell exposes human remains at the bottom of a reservoir, ex-DCI Henry Ward takes a trip down memory lane.
He’d been in charge of the investigation when Maureen Villers went missing fifteen years earlier, and her unexplained disappearance has bothered him ever since.
Now that murder has been established, her husband becomes the prime suspect and asks Henry for help.
Despite not being persuaded of his innocence, Henry is determined to revisit the crime. He owes it to the victim he let down all those years ago.
But someone is keen to keep the truth hidden. Will Henry outwit whoever’s hiding in the shadows?
COLD CASE ON THE MOOR is the fifth standalone title in The Yorkshire detective mystery series by Ric Brady. The full list is as follows:
1. MURDER ON A YORKSHIRE MOOR
2. BUTCHER ON THE MOOR
3. MISSING ON ILKLEY MOOR
4. DETECTIVE ON THE MOOR
5. COLD CASE ON THE MOOR
If you like JR Ellis, Merryn Allingham, Emylia Hall and Julie Highmore, you’ll love Ric Brady’s books.
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Can ex-lawyer turned civilian investigator Lucia Steer solve an impossible murder?
The apparent cool, calm and collectedness of a relationship counsellor, or ‘coach’ as Alec Penney called himself, is dealt a severe blow when he ends up dead on his office floor.
For all his sage advice, Alec Penney apparently electrocuted himself on a dodgy coffee maker. Well, at least that’s the theory until Lucia Steer, civilian investigator with Kentish Town CID, visits the scene.
Female intuition combined with an eagle eye leads Steer to convince senior detective DCI David Carliss that a murder has taken place.
Out of the many people seen going in and out of the office just before the estimated time of death, who was responsible?
Can Steer work out the mystery before the killer covers their tracks?
MURDER ON THE HEATH is the second standalone whodunnit in a series of mysteries set in North London by Sabina Manea. The full list is as follows:
- Murder in Hampstead
- Murder on the Heath
- Murder in Kentish Town
- Murder in Primrose Hill
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