They are picture perfect. A young, happy family sat around the kitchen table. But no one moves as wisps of smoke filter into the room and the house becomes a burning grave around them… When reports come in of a family trapped in a burning house, Detective Morgan Brookes rushes to the scene. But as soon as…
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đź“–Silent Angel (Morgan Brookes Book 7) By Helen Phifer
The girl’s head is bent as if in prayer, her hands bound tightly together at the wrist. Her bare feet are still against the cold sand, the last thing she ever felt before she breathed her last… When the body of a teenage girl is found in Rydal Falls’ churchyard, Detective Morgan Brookes abandons her own birthday…
đź“–The Fossil Beach Murders (Book 6) by Rachel McLean
The Susannah Ramsay and Sadie Dawes cases are solved and DCI Lesley Clarke’s team is back together. But there are tensions. Is Dennis hiding more than just mental health problems? Did Superintendent Carpenter cover up the details of DCI Mackie’s death? And does Lesley’s girlfriend Elsa know more about Mackie than she’s letting on? Just…
đź“– The Millionaire Murders (Book 5) By Rachel McLean
An anonymous murder victim and a missing journalist: can Lesley uncover the truth? DCI Lesley Clarke has too many suspects to choose from when a wealthy lawyer and her unidentified companion are found brutally murdered in a Sandbanks mansion. Was it the victim’s ex-husband, resentful at her new lifestyle? Her housekeeper, who found the bodies?…
đź“–The Monument Murders (Book 4) By Rachel McLean
When a body is found draped over Swanage’s iconic Globe monument, DCI Lesley Clarke is called in. A message points to the motive: Go Home. Is this a hate crime? Or something closer to home? Lesley must find the killer before he or she strikes again, all while dealing with a mutiny in her team…
đź“–The Island Murders (Dorset Crime Book 3) By Rachel McLean
An isolated community… a web of secrets… a mysterious death. When a body washes up on the shores of Brownsea Island, DCI Lesley Clarke initially suspects suicide. But as she gets closer to the island’s close-knit community, she starts to suspect foul play. Why did the victim argue with her closest friend days before her…
đź“–The Clifftop Murders (Dorset Crime Book 2) By Rachel McLean
DCI Lesley Clarke is settling into her new job in Dorset’s Major Crimes Unit, and becoming accustomed to a slower pace of life. But then she’s called in to solve the murder of a woman with links to Lesley’s new girlfriend. Has Lesley made a grave error of judgement? Can she track down the killer…
đź“–The Curator by M. W. Craven
It’s Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange message is left at each scene: #BSC6 Called in to investigate, the National Crime Agency’s Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with a case that makes no sense. Why were some victims anaesthetized, while others died in appalling…
đź“–Sleeping Dolls (Detective Morgan Brookes Book 6) by Helen Phifer
When a concerned neighbour reports a woman missing, Detective Morgan Brookes squeezes through the stiff front door to find the woman dead. At first, the case appears unsuspicious, but something about the scene unsettles Morgan. Every clock in the house has been stopped, every mirror covered, and the woman seems physically unharmed except for one missing lock of…
đź“–The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway Book 14) by Elly Griffiths
Ruth is in London clearing out her mother’s belongings when she makes a surprising discovery: a photograph of her Norfolk cottage taken before Ruth lived there. Her mother always hated the cottage, so why does she have a picture of the place? The only clue is written on the back of the photo: Dawn, 1963.Ruth returns to Norfolk…
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