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Priscilla Masters
Nurse Florence Shaw is baffled when a quiet patient dies in an apparent suicide pact with her husband. Can she uncover the truth behind this mysterious woman?
Richard and Christine…
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Joanna Piercy must rescue an elderly man from a hostage situation that has chilling roots in the past in this enthralling mystery.
Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy's joy at her close…
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Forensic psychiatric Claire Roget's patient, Poppy Kelloway, made up 'facts' that damaged other families, destroyed relationships and even resulted in an untimely death. The nature of the attack is still…
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It is the year 1787. A man hastily puts the finishing touches to his beloved jug as police descend upon him. Arrest him and hang him. Almost two centuries later…
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Annabelle Bellange and her friend Dorothee left Paris for a summer hitchhiking holiday in England, but the only contact from them has been a postcard sent three months ago. DI…
Jadon Glover is good-looking, professional and a perfect husband, according to his wife. So when he fails to come home one night, she rings the police, certain something has happened…
A tragic car crash leads to a young girl going missing near the legendary Devil’s Chair. Can coroner Martha Gunn and DI Alex Randall sift through fact and fiction, folklore…
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget receives a desperate call for help from obstetrician Charles Tissot, who?s been accused of impregnating one of his patients. His career on the line, Tissot…
Coroner Martha Gunn and Detective Inspector Alex Randall search for answers to some disturbing questions when the body of a homeless man with his throat slashed is discovered in the…
DI Joanna Piercy is irritated when she’s assigned the apparently minor case of finding an elderly man who’s vanished from his residental home. Surely Zachary Foster can’t have gone far…
It’s been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing. DS Zed Willard believes that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer, is responsible for Marvel’s disappearance - but with no evidence…
On a snowy December morning, a young woman is found outside Patches nightclub in Leek. Half dead from the cold, she says she has been raped. As Detective Inspector Joanna…
When she receives a wedding invitation from a former patient, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is seriously alarmed. She believes Jerome Barclay to be highly dangerous, responsible for at least…
Why did Gina Marconi, a young barrister with everything to live for, and Patrick Elson, a clever schoolboy, take their own lives so violently? And when DI Alex Randall’s wife…
Why did Gina Marconi, a young barrister with everything to live for, and Patrick Elson, a clever schoolboy, take their own lives so violently? And when a third unexplained death…
When a woman arrives in A&E clutching a dead child, Martha Gunn is not quite ready for the evening ahead. The baby has been mummified and the post mortem reveals…
On a snowy winter morning, a young woman is found outside a nightclub. Half dead from the cold, she says she has been raped. As D.I. Joanna Piercy investigates, she…
Just back from her honeymoon, the last thing Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy wants deal with on her return to work is nuisance calls from an old lady ringing police incessantly…
Set in a medieval town, this is the third in a compelling series about coroner Martha Gunn. When a woman arrives clutching a dead child, Martha is shocked to find…
Marilyn Smith is dead. Spreadeagled on the bed, all dressed up for a date she didn't keep. Detective Joanna Piercy is convinced that Marilyn was murdered. It's up to her…
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The smouldering body of a child is found up on the moors. Then two more children go missing from a local children’s home. DI Joanna Piercy must find them before…
First published by Macmillan in Great Britain in 1997 as A wreath for my sister.
Five-year-old Madeleine Wiltshaw goes missing. The team start up a desperate search for the little girl, but Madeleine could be hidden anywhere on these moors. The clock is ticking. Can…
Detective Joanna Piercy must delve into a dark web of vicious family feuds and warring neighbours to uncover a brutal murderer before they strike again.
A missing woman. A jilted lover. A baffling murder. When does unrequited love become stalking? And when does stalking end in murder? DI Piercy investigates.
A missing lawyer. A strangled nurse. A killer that DI Joanna Piercy must track down before they strike again.
A young woman is pushing a child in a stroller dangerously close to the edge of a rock face. She has blood on her clothes. Is she a victim or…
DI Piercy must deal with a complaint of nuisance calls from Timony Weeks, a 60s child soap-star. Is she putting on an act and wasting police time, or is someone…
DI Joanna Piercy is rushed off her feet investigating a spate of robberies. A gang of youths is targeting elderly women - and their attacks are becoming increasingly violent. But…
Nurse Florence Shaw is worried about her patient, elderly widow Nora Selleck, who seems increasingly confused. When Florence visits Nora’s house she’s surprised when she encounters Ben Evans, a mysterious…
Jennifer Lomax is twenty-one, but she’s already taken some hard knocks in life. So when widower Steven Taverner asks her to marry him, she’s desperate to believe she’s found true…
