A cold winter's night in Croydon and pensioner Nelly Raven lies dead and naked on the floor of her living room. The scene bears all the hallmarks of a burglary gone wrong.

It's just the beginning.

Ron Butcher rose to the top of London's gangland by "fixing things". But are his extensive crooked connections of use when death knocks at his own family's door?

Baker Kit Morris will do anything to keep his family business alive. Desperate for cash, he hatches a risky plan that lands him in trouble. As he struggles to stay out of prison, he forges an unlikely friendship with an aging local thug.

And then there's the Banker, Lee Meady, a man with personal problems of his own.

Just how does it all fit together?

As DC Jack Rutherford and DS Amanda Lacey uncover the facts surrounding the case, the harrowing truth of the killer's identity leaves Jack wondering where the human race went so badly wrong.

Butcher Baker Banker is the seventh brilliant and captivating novel featuring DC Jack Rutherford and DS Amanda Lacey by master storyteller Linda Coles. "Move over Agatha Christie, there's a new dame in town." Amazon reviewer.

"A clear heir to the detective throne of Agatha Christie." Amazon review