It is freezing mid-winter on Exmoor, and in a close-knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed, a local woman has been found murdered in her bed. This is local policeman Jonas Hollys first murder investigation. But he is distracted by anonymous letters, accusing him of failing to do his job.
Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a body. Every day after school, while his classmates swap football stickers, Steven goes digging to lay to rest the ghost of the uncle he never knew, who disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious ser[...]
It is freezing mid-winter on Exmoor, and in a close-knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed, a local woman has been found murdered in her bed. This is local policeman Jonas Holly's first murder investigation. But he is distracted by anonymous letters, accusing him of failing to do his job. T[...]
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF BLACKLANDS The eight-year-old boy had vanished from the car and - as if by slick, sick magic - had been replaced by a note on the steering wheel: You don't love him At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor. Children are being stolen. There are no e[...]
The eight-year-old boy had vanished from the car and - as if by slick, sick magic - had been replaced by a note on the steering wheel...'You don't love him'...At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor. Children are being stolen from cars. Each disappearance is marked only by a terse [...]
This is the winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. "Taking the psychological thriller into new territory". (Independent). Life is strange for Patrick Fort - being a medical student with Asperger's Syndrome doesn't come without its challenges. And that's before he is fac[...]
'Call your mother.' 'What do I say?' 'Say goodbye.' This is how it begins. Lone women terrorised and their helpless families forced to watch - in a sick game where only one player knows the rules. And when those rules change, the new game is Murder. Living with her parents in the dank beach communit[...]
Patrick didn't care what made people work. He was only interested in what happened when they stopped. Life is strange for Patrick Fort - being a medical student with Asperger's Syndrome doesn't come without its challenges. And that's before he is faced with solving a possible murder.[...]
Shipcott in bleak mid-winter: a close knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed. So when an elderly woman is murdered in her bed, village policeman Jonas Holly is doubly shocked. How could someone have killed and left no trace? Jonas finds himself sidelined as the investigation is snatched awa[...]
The eight-year-old boy had vanished from the car and - as if by slick, sick magic - had been replaced by a note on the steering wheel...'You don't love him'...At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor. Children are being stolen from cars. Each disappearance is marked only by a terse [...]
The eight-year-old boy had vanished from the car and - as if by slick, sick magic - had been replaced by a note on the steering wheel...'You don't love him'...At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor. Children are being stolen from cars. Each disappearance is marked only by a terse [...]
This could be the most astonishing whodunnit you are ever likely to read' Red Magazine. 'Obvious echoes of Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ...and with more twists and coils than a hangman's noose' Sunday Express. 'The dead can't speak to us,' Professor Madoc had said.[...]
The dead can't speak to us,' Professor Madoc had said. That was a lie. Because the body Patrick Fort is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. Life is already strange enough for the obsessive Patrick without having to solve a possible murder. Especially when no one bel[...]
'Belinda Bauer is a marvel. Her novels are almost indecently gripping and enjoyable, and The Shut Eye is possibly her best yet' Sophie Hannah Five footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here. And now they are all his mother has left. Every day, Anna Buck guards the little prints in t[...]
VINNER AV GOLD DAGGER AWARD12 år gamle Steven Lamb spiller ikke fotball etter skoletid - han graver etter lik. Målet er å finne levningene etter onkelen, Billy, som forsvant for 19 år. Finner Steven Billy vil han bringe bestemoren ut av sorgen og familien sin mot en bedre og mer harmonisk tilvæ[...]
Drengen ville ha´ sandheden - morderen ville lege...
Billy Peters forsvandt for 18 år siden. Alle i byen Shipcott, Somerset, tror at Billy blev myrdet - især efter at den pædofile seriemorder Arnold Avery indrømmer at han dræbte seks andre børn og begravede dem på [...]
Kunne du genkende en morder, hvis du så ham i øjnene? Adskillige ældre kvinder findes myrdet i byen Shipcott, Somerset, og byens yngste politiassistent deltager i opklaringen af mordene, men snart er han selv en del af morderens udspekulerede spil.
Dette er Belinda Bauers 2. roman og efter[...]
För arton år sedan försvann Billy Peters. Hela staden tror att han blev mördad - seriemördaren Arnold Avery har ju trots allt erkänt att han mördade sex andra barn och grävde ner dem på den ödsliga hed som omger den lilla engelska staden.
Men Billys mor vägrar tro att han är d[...]
Skulle du veta att det var en mördare du hade framför dig om du såg honom i ögonen?
Shipcott mitt i vintern är ett samhälle med stark sammanhållning, där ingen främling förblir obemärkt. Byns polis Jonas Holly blir därför i dubbel mening chockad när en äldre kvinna hittas m[...]