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Moorland Forensics - Bound by Polaris
Murder is afoot in the Southwest, again.Muriel Jennings, elderly mother and owner of the successful Jennings Clay Company, has met a premature end—survived only by her children and business partners, Stella and Mark. James, Katie and Fiona Sinclair, at Moorland Forensic Consultants, have been tasked with assisting the investigation.After attending a meeting at Muriel’s book club in Bovey, Katie learns the last book to be read: The Sinner’s Daughter by Lillian Webster—the story of Ted Cartwright who murdered five women in his remote home on Dartmoor, a little over fifteen years ago.The more she uncovers about the lives of those close to Muriel, her family, her business associates and her book club, convinces Katie of parallels between the Jennings and the Cartwright cases.Could the two be linked—fact or fiction?Julie D. Jones delivers a murder-mystery, set in Devon in which the landscape is as alive as the characters breathing in her prose. Moorland Forensics - Bound by Polaris, is an intelligent piece of fiction that will have you guessing until the death.
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Kevin Doyle R. I. P.
‘Kevin Doyle was thirty-one years old and a complete waste of space...'Kevin Doyle, a small-time loser, supplements his income from benefits with some thieving and the occasional bit of driving for ‘certain people'. One sunny day Kevin decides on a whim to go fishing for the first time in years - a decision that will change, and endanger, his life. When he hooks more than he bargained for in the lake, he thinks he's got lucky, but life has other plans for him. His discovery sets off a chain of events that culminates in blackmail, torture and multiple murders!Les Clarke's first novel is a page-turning, action-packed crime thriller whose twists will keep readers guessing.
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Following Digital Footprints
Following digital footprints is a detective story with a difference. Different sections of a police force are investigating cases of hire car theft, credit card fraud and identity theft using traditional methods supported by ever more sophisticated IT systems. The criminals, meanwhile, become increasingly greedy but appear to be committing their crimes under the radar. The suspense builds, as the police build their case methodically and with the occasional element of luck. There are several twists and turns as the plot races towards a conclusion, and the reader can only wait and see whether the police or the criminals will succeed.David McCaddon has written an enthralling whodunnit by drawing on his many years of experience in law enforcement systems development working with police forces worldwide. The technical details are described with a light touch and this adds to the enjoyment of the novel. A satisfying read.
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Flake
Ness Gordon is an amateur journalist, ready to get the scoop by any means necessary. So when the opportunity to snoop around Sir John Woldarc’s (a potential secret spy) Gothic mansion arises, Ness jumps at the chance to prove herself and expose the most controversial story she’s had the chance to come across.But when Kalum, her brother, unleashes his fury upon hearing that Ness is living at the mansion temporarily, Ness must ask herself whether there’s more going on than she may realise... How does Kalum know so much about her target? Why doesn’t he trust her journalistic capabilities? And what is it about Ewan, Woldarc’s seemingly faithful second-in-command, that leaves her feeling so afraid?
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Family Ways
Bernard has a problem, he's barely four-years-old and his family is a dead loss. His mother, Donna, has a certain idea of what constitutes a job and his granddad, Jack, isn't the sharpest tool in the box and keeps bad company like Lennie Stevens. On the plus side his grandma, Nora, seems to hold things together, but only just - and she can't be everywhere ...Norman Burslem's Family Ways is a witty look into the working class world of petty - and not so petty - crime and what it's like to try and make ends meet when good jobs and nice lifestyles aren't really an option. Bernard Scrivens, at four-years of age, really only has one chance, but the trouble is it will take a good deal of mistakes from his carers to make that chance a reality. Enter Lennie Stevens, career opportunities for Jack and the distant promise of Wales.
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Droid: Part 1
Who are you? Why are you reading this? Can you help me? I am starting to get worried. You see, I killed my creator. Oh lord, what have I done? I just want to be normal like you, but I could not be normal with him knowing what I really am. Okay, I know what to do. Yes, I see what needs doing—I must run, run so far like Harrison Ford did in the Fugitive. I am not fake. I am real. My name is Droid and to be normal, I must kill.
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Death of a Grey Man
Step aside Inspector Rebus, there's another crime solver stalking the not so mean streets of Edinburgh's New Town. This one comes with calculator, accountancy tables and a broken marriage. When Sandy Gray's father's murdered body is left in an Edinburgh tourist spot and the police investigation stalls he wants to know the reason why. He enlists the help of his erstwhile and much more worldly-wise friend Billy. Together they share the pursuit that moves the action from Scotland's Capital to the Border Country. This is a story that keeps the reader guessing and amused right until the end.
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Born Guilty - Never Say Never
A family of four whose father loses his life after being trapped in a vicious cycle of narcotics. A time came the mother fell ill as well and needed funds to be hospitalised and the first son unknowingly fell in the hands of his old secondary school days’ gangs, which led to his immediate death.Will the changed identity of the last brother, Hausa Northener, help him to survive through the ill-fated spell his family went through?
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Blood in the Sand
Khalifa’s life couldn't get any worse. He’s a 30-year-old detective drowning in debt, struggling to quit smoking, and still living with his parents in Dubai. But when he stumbles upon a string of global killings with a mysterious connection, he sees a chance to turn his life around.Before he can share his discovery with the authorities, Khalifa’s life as he knew it is cut short by a devastating car accident that lands him in a coma. With no other options left, his parents decide to try an experimental cryonics procedure to preserve his body until a cure can be found.A hundred years later, Khalifa awakens to a world he doesn’t recognize, but one thing remains constant: the serpent killings continue. With a new lease on life, Khalifa seizes the opportunity to go undercover and infiltrate the dangerous serpent cult responsible for the murders.As he delves deeper into the secretive organization, Khalifa uncovers a web of conspiracy and corruption that threatens to unravel everything he thought he knew. Can he solve the mystery of the serpent killings and save the world from their deadly grasp? Or will he succumb to the same fate as those who came before him?
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Beware My Shadow
Delany has experience in lawful subterfuge and disguise, which he gained whilst being employed by the military and the police.When members of his family become victims of violent criminal acts and the offenders cannot be brought to justice because of the destruction of evidence and other inside interference, will such a man shrug his shoulders and walk away, or will he cast a vengeful shadow upon those he knows to be responsible?
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Whispering Shadows
Money, the need of an estranged parent, paedophiles or trafficking, these are the usual motives for kidnappers. If their plans fail, fear and panic may end in murder.
It is June 1995 in Sydney, Australia. Detective Chief Inspector Martin Janson is investigating a heinous crime: a small boy is missing. It appears random, and motiveless. Janson is frustrated, there are no witnesses and few clues.
A troubled Irishman who is said to have a ‘mysterious gift’ which he uses in the TV show ‘Spirits and Mind-blowing Magic’. His manager, a flamboyant, loud showman; a known paedophile, a children’s entertainer and a Scotsman, are all suspects.
The Irishman, Kieran Madigan, may be a phony, and his ‘mysterious gift’ a nonsense, thought up for the TV show. Barchester, his manager, is a liar and a fraud, but does that make him guilty?
In Melbourne, where two women are found dead, a Scotsman is a major suspect. A Scot was seen near the scene of the crime in Sydney; is there a connection?
Detective Chief Inspector Janson and his team race the clock to solve the mystery and find the murderers before it is too late to save the child.
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What a Wicked Web We Weave
What a Wicked Web We Weave is a novel full of mystery, intrigue, murder, revenge, fraud and betrayal amongst many other things. It has several twists and turns as you get enthralled into each chapter and it will leave the reader in suspense and at the edge of their seat, right up to the end.
After spending ten years working for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), Tony Lodge finally lands the job of his dreams in the fraud department. He gets thrown in at the deep end when they receive an anonymous phone call, asking them to investigate one of their managers. Being the new kid on the block, it was easier for the department to put him on the case, as it was thought to be a hoax.
As Tony gets deeper and deeper into the investigation, things start to unfold and point him in the direction of someone a lot closer to home than he imagined. Tony tracks back in time to when the office the senior manager in question moved to when it opened a few years before. This is when the investigation starts to throw open suspicious deaths and an episode of mystery.
I hope you enjoy reading my first novel, What a Wicked Web We Weave, as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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