Crime fiction
A Psychological Crime novel
It has taken seven years for Honey Alder to regain her life after the illness and death of her teenage son, but now she has her anxiety and depression under control. She has returned to her teaching job and happily shares the care of her infant grandson with her student daughter. One casualty that cannot be restored is her marriage, and Honey is aware that no new relationship can compare to the love she’d shared with her ex-husband, Matt.
Honey’s plans for spending the Easter weekend at a local folk festival are disrupted when Matt arrives unexpectedly at her house. The story he tells her about being haunted by a strange old woman seems implausible, but Honey knows that Matt does not lie.
Are Matt’s strange visions an effect of mental illness? Or a cruel trick? Or is he indeed being haunted by a phantom from his past?
To save the man she once loved, Honey must find the strength to play and win this perilous game of ghosts.
A Mia Trent Scene of Crimes novel.
The Terminal Velocity of Cats
Scene of Crimes Officer Mia Trent is summoned by Detective Inspector Oliver Sutton to examine a pit of bones discovered on a building site.
Mia expects to find an ancient burial, but soon realises this victim has died within the last few years. Intrigued by the strangeness of the burial, Mia helps Sutton to identify the dead man and discover the brooding malice behind his death.
Mia’s presence at the crime scene provokes the attention of a killer who has already murdered three women in the town. Can Mia and her colleagues capture him before he strikes again? Or is Mia going to be the next victim?
Karma and the Singing Frogs
“It says Justice for the Singing Frogs.” Mia slanted the camera for the sergeant to see.DS Anderton stared at it. “You’re right,” she said. “But what the hell are singing frogs?”
The body of Paddy Hanover, a young male prostitute, is discovered in a disused air-raid shelter and, from a house nearby, a seventeen-year-old girl goes missing. Who killed Paddy and where was the original scene of crime? What has happened to the missing girl? How are the two crimes related to the Justice for the Singing Frogs campaign?
A Superintendent Kev Tyler novel
“We’ve found something you ought to see, sir. In there.”
Tyler took the torch and hunkered down to peer inside a child’s makeshift den. He stood up. His face was grim. “So now we know, the missing child is a toddler.”
Two children and three adults have been shot in a quiet suburban park. Detective Superintendent Kev Tyler and D.I. Gill Martin struggle to find the motive behind such a hideous crime. Who were the intended victims?
What lies behind the evil legends of Stone Park? And can they find the missing child in time?
A Rick and Annie Evans novel.
How much death and violence can a man witness without it destroying him? And how do those who love him cope as they watch him change?
Four years ago, Detective Inspector Rick Evans discovered the bodies of three girls in Elmwash Woods.
Rick played a major part in the investigation, which ended after the suicide of the prime suspect. Now Rick’s life is falling apart and his wife, Annie, does not know how to help him.
When seven-year-old Stacie Frewer vanishes under similar circumstances to the Elmwash victims, Rick has to face his worst fears. Did he get it wrong? Is the Elmwash Killer back? He knows he has to discover what has happened to Stacie, no matter what it costs.
Immersed in their work and personal problems, Rick and Annie fail to notice that they too are in danger – until the peril is so close it threatens both their lives.