Crime Detective

Baby on hip, Angela Myles hums as she lays out breakfast before the school run when an unexpected knock on the door stops her in her tracks. But when she sees the familiar face through the peephole, she immediately tries to run with her kids out the back door. Because Angela knows her visitor; she knows why they’re here; and she’ll never give up her children.

It’s after midnight when Detective Eve Bennet receives a distraught phone call from an unknown number. The voice at the other end begs her not to hang up—a baby has gone missing. But what the caller says next makes Eve’s heart race. “She isn’t the first. There are many, many more.”

A gruesome case for John Gammon and his team from Bixton Police. During this case, John struggles to find the killer. Is there more than one, and is it somebody close to home? John wrestles with the fact that one of his team might be giving the killer information or may even be involved. The killer appears to know every move Bixton Police make, but how, that is the question. Another intense thriller in the John Gammon Peak District Detective series.

With Christmas fast approaching and the constant threat of closure for Bixton Police Station, Gammon knew he had to get these murders solved. He was under immense pressure in his professional life and his personal life. So many things will change in this latest book for John Gammon.

The second book of series four finds John Gammon chasing a ruthless killer. The case set before him appears to have a connection, but can the famous Peak District Detective work it out? Under pressure from his superiors, Gammon is not at his best and his private life also pays the price.

John Gammon finds himself up against a serial killer with a warped mind. With Bixton Police Station under threat of closure, Gammon is understaffed, but results are still required by his peers. With also battling a love life yet again in turmoil, the current picture for our hero is not looking good. He must find the serial killer if Bixton Police Station is to survive. Can John overcome blackmail, or is this the end of the road for him and his colleagues, only time will tell.

Detective Joe Hogarth is hunting for the killer who stole the life of a young Christian girl. Its two weeks since the body was found abandoned in a beach hut. Evidence is slim, leads are exhausted and DI Hogarth is feeling the strain...But the murder of young Helen Brimelow isn’t the only crime troubling Hogarth. A well-connected man called Drawton has gotten away with far more than he should. Has Drawton struck again? Hogarth suspects he might. This time, Hogarth won’t let him get away with it.

When archaeologists discover a skeleton in secluded woodland, the body is first thought to be related to an ancient Saxon settlement. Then the torn and rotten remains of another woman’s bones are uncovered, her injuries bearing the markings of abuse and a violent death. Detective Mark Turpin is tasked with finding their killer, except the forensic evidence is perplexing and the victims’ bodies are proving impossible to identify. When a third victim is discovered only metres from the first, Mark and his team realise they’re running out of time to find out whoever is responsible.

Run. Don’t look back. When a young teenager is stabbed to death at a busy fairground, Detective Mark Turpin is assigned the task of finding the boy’s killer. But this was no random murder. Mark knows the victim, and the man who ordered his death. As he sifts through the young victim’s final days, he uncovers a powerful crime syndicate that will do anything to protect its interests. Then tragedy strikes, and suddenly Mark isn’t just trying to solve a murder–he’s fighting for his own survival.

When a walker finds the body of a woman by the shores of Lake Ullswater, the police are put on high alert. Felicia Evans was known to be a tough character, but who would have strangled her? Detective Beth Young quickly spots the links to three cold cases. Three women strangled and discarded in the stunning, wild hills of the Lake District.

On a hot summer’s morning, a young father is found murdered in a cornfield outside the quiet town of Colton, tied to a post, arms spread wide. Detective Robyn Carter is reminded of the crucifixion, and she knows she’s looking for a killer with a twisted sense of right and wrong. Robyn vows she will find the killer - no matter what. But then a local doctor - a popular woman with a young family of her own - is found dead outside her surgery. There are similarities between the first body and hers, and Robyn must take another look at the picture-postcard town, where no one has any enemies.

The boy studied the bruise turning yellow at the base of his neck. With quick fingers his mother tightened his tie and pulled his collar high above it. Her eyes alone said, We will not speak of this.... Years later a man is found shot dead in a local park. On his phone is a draft text: I can’t keep this secret any longer. The recipient is unnamed. Detective Robyn Carter knows this secret is the key to the case, but his friends and family don’t offer any clues, and all her team have to go on is a size-ten footprint.

How do you catch a killer who knows your every move? She drew the curtains and returned to the kitchen where she removed the bottle of vodka from the freezer and reached for the large kitchen knife. If he dared to come back, she'd be ready for him. When a body is found hanging in the remains of a dock-side warehouse, detective Kate Matthews is called to the scene.

When Bradon Riggston decides to write his family history, he is shocked to find that many of his relatives and their friends have died by unfortunate accidents. Are Riggston family members and their close associates just unlucky, or is there some sinister power working behind the scenes? Holmes and Watson are called in to investigate, only to uncover a deadly saga of revenge for long-hidden crimes.

Alexis Carter, una psicóloga que reside en la ciudad de Topeka, Kansas, está aburrida de su trabajo. Siente que necesita más acción en su vida, así que decide entrar a trabajar como perfiladora criminal en la policía de la ciudad. Alexis será asignada junto con el experimentado detective Devin Walsh para encontrar al asesino serial de niños que está aterrorizando la ciudad.

DI Gammon will go into dark places in his mind and his life as he battles with right and wrong, good and evil. The Cure is set in the beautiful Peak District of Derbyshire. Many tourists walk the same paths that our hero does. If you are one of them, see if you can work out the fictitious villagers and hostelries that Detective Inspector Gammon frequents. Although Gammon is noted as being an excellent detective, the hierarchy has concerns about his maverick ways. Will this hold him back?

DI John Gammon meets a cross road in his personal life. With murder cases still outstanding in his professional life Gammon is concerned. These are testing times for our hero.

It begins when the strangely marked body of a young prostitute is found just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. A similarly disfigured corpse of an American nun turns up. Then an Arab boy. As the list of victims grows, their only apparent connection is the bizarre markings on their bodies, it appears that Israel is facing its first serial murder case.

We find Peak District Detective John Gammon spiraling toward depression with unsolved murders on his patch and his sister still missing. Gammon is going to need all his skills and detective cunning to get through this.

Will happiness turn to sadness for Detective Inspector John Gammon? With his life in the balance and little or no chance of him being found, this cruel twist of fate could mean the end of our hero.