Helen H. Durrant

A bag of severed fingers is found in the playground by a rough housing estate "An edge of your seat detective thriller which had me completely enthralled. Calladine and Bayliss are fascinating police partners. The end was both surprising and uplifting." Beth Boyd "A must-read new police procedural that will have you gripped. The characters, setting, and plot are detailed and believable. Can't wait for the next one." Sarah Stevens First a shooting, then a grisly discovery on the common . . . Police partners, D.I. Calladine and D.S. Ruth Bayliss race against time to track down a killer before the whole area erupts in violence. Their boss thinks it's all down to drug lord Ray Fallon, but Calladine's instincts say something far nastier is happening on the Hobfield housing estate. Can this duo track down the murderer before anyone else dies and before the press publicize the gruesome crimes? Detectives Calladine and Bayliss are led on a trail which gets dangerously close to home. In a thrilling finale they race against time to rescue someone very close to Calladine's heart. If you like Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, Mel Sherratt, Ruth Rendell, or Mark Billingham you will be gripped by this exciting new crime fiction writer. DEAD WRONG is the first in a new series of detective thrillers featuring D.S. Ruth Bayliss and D.I. Tom Calladine. Tom Calladine is a single, fifty-one-year-old detective inspector who is devoted to his job. His personal life, however, is not so successful. Having been married and divorced before the age of twenty-one has set a pattern that he finds difficult to escape. Ruth Bayliss is in her mid-thirties, plain-speaking but loyal. She wishes she had more time for the gym and a love life. She uses her demanding workload as an excuse not to try too hard with the men she meets. The series is set in the fictional village of Leesdon on the outskirts of an industrial northern English city. There is little work and a lot of crime. The bane of Calladine's life is the Hobfield housing estate, breeding ground to all that is wrong with the area that he calls home. GET "DEAD SILENT" THE NEXT BOOK IN THE SERIES NOW A body is found in a car crash, but the victim was already dead . . . Police partners D.I. Calladine and D.S. Ruth Bayliss race against time to catch a vicious serial killer. and now available: DEAD LIST the third mystery featuring Detectives Bayliss and Calladine! "A serial killer with a bucket list of victims . . ."

A Gripping Detective Thriller Full of Suspense

Dead Wrong

Dead Nasty

"A teenage girl’s body is found in the back of a car on the notorious Hobfield housing estate. No one had reported her missing, but she’s been dead for a week. Meanwhile, an old jar is brought into the station. It was found carefully wrapped in a blanket, with a child’s pink hairclip. The jar contains ashes and bone fragments. Seventeen years ago, Detective Tom Calladine had been part of a team investigating the disappearance of Jessica Wilkins. Her mother had taken her to Leesdon Park one summer afternoon. She went to get the child an ice cream and when she returned her daughter was gone. Over the years there were no sightings, no witnesses - nothing. Will there finally be closure for this unsolved mystery? And why was the girl found in the car killed and why are her friends not telling the police the whole story?" -- Provided by publisher.

Dead Jealous

Forgotten Victim

Dead Silent

A young man's body is found burnt and tortured by a Manchester canal. He was a journalism student who told his friends he was working on a big story. His death leads the police on a false trail. Detective Rachel King investigates. She has a secret, the love of her life is a well-known villain. He has recently come back on the scene.

An Absoultely Gripping Crime Mystery with a Massive Twist

Next Victim

MEET DETECTIVE RACHEL KING IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW CRIME SERIES. DISCOVER A BRAND NEW MYSTERY FROM #1 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR HELEN H. DURRANT THAT WILL HAVE YOU GRIPPED FROM START TO PULSATING FINISH. A man is found dead in his bed, suffocated, covered in confetti and with his ring finger missing. Detective Rachel King informs his daughter and takes her to identify the body. But she's never seen the man before in her life. WHAT IF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE KILLER REALLY WANTED TO MURDER? Then a second murder. This time a woman, Alison, also suffocated and with her finger severed and confetti strewn over her body. The team desperately search for a link before anyone else dies. Meanwhile, someone has been running a property scam, selling dream houses that will never be built. And the love of Rachel's life has disappeared. Is he really the mastermind of a people-trafficking gang? Or does Rachel have enemies on her own team? A MYSTERY FULL OF STUNNING TWISTS AND WITH NO ONE RACHEL CAN TRUST. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Kimberley Chambers, Damien Boyd, Rachel Abbott, Patricia Gibney or Mark Billingham. What readers are saying about HELEN H. DURRANT "I couldn't put it down." Barbara "This new series by Helen H. Durrant certainly has got off to a thrilling start." Viv "If you want a book to get your teeth into, this is the one. A massive 5*" Greta "Another fast-paced murder mystery" Aileen "The writing wastop notch and the characters were very real." Kat THE DETECTIVE DCI Rachel King. Thirty-nine year-old mother of two teenage daughters. Divorced from Alan. She lives in the Cheshire village of Poynton - about ten miles from central Manchester. She is good at her job, gets results but does make mistakes. One of them was getting involved with a budding villain in her teens. No one, family, friends or colleagues know anything about this. ALSO BY HELEN H. DURRANT RACHEL KING Book 1: Next Victim Book 2: Two Victims Book 3: Wrong Victim THE CALLADINE & BAYLISS MYSTERY SERIES Book 1: DEAD WRONG Book 2: DEAD SILENT Book 3: DEAD LIST Book 4: DEAD LOST Book 5: DEAD & BURIED Book 6: DEAD NASTY Book 7: DEAD JEALOUS Book 8: DEAD BAD Book 9: DEAD GUILTY THE DCI GRECO BOOKS Book 1: DARK MURDER Book 2: DARK HOUSES Book 3: DARK TRADE Book 4: DARK ANGEL MATT BRINDLE Book 1: HIS THIRD VICTIM Book 2: THE OTHER VICTIM

Wrong Victim

Dead Guilty

A female serial killer with a deadly agenda. The detective who must stop her. Luxury holiday lodges in the stunning Peak District. The game begins . . .Callum is lured to an isolated boathouse by an attractive older woman. When she gets him alone, she knocks him out with a single blow. As he wakes up, her voice comes out of the darkness, "You're a sprat to catch a mackerel".Surrounded by hills and lakes, Still Waters is home to a close-knit community of wealthy retirees. It's an unlikely setting for violence. The police don't take Callum's disappearance seriously: he's 24-years-old, after all. But Callum's mother, a Still Waters resident, knows that something is very wrong.Then a body is discovered floating in the lake. Head bashed in. But it's not Callum.And someone tweets: Come out to play one last time, Alice. Still Waters run deep. #MadHatter.That's when DCI Alice Rossi is called in. She's back.

THE ASH LAKE MURDERS an Absolutely Gripping Crime Thriller with a Massive Twist

His Third Victim

A murdered woman is found on a building site, executed by a single gunshot. But worse is to come. Another body is found buried in the same place. Detective Rachel King has two victims to deal with. The first woman was Agnes Moore, a local nurse. One of the victim's friends makes contact but then disappears. Does Rachel have a serial killer on her hands? And what was Agnes really helping local girls with? Will Rachel's former lover, well-known villain Jed McAteer, come back to haunt her with his connections to the victims? Who will pay the ultimate price next? A mystery with a stunning twist and a race against time to save a career and stop a murder spree.

Two Victims

The Other Victim

«Un thriller di cui diventerete ostaggi.» Sarah Stevens Nel parco giochi del complesso di case popolari di Hobfield, nel nord dell’Inghilterra, viene fatta una macabra scoperta: un sacchetto con delle dita mozzate, roba da impressionare anche il più navigato tra gli investigatori. Ma i due detective a cui è stato affidato il caso, l’ispettore Tom Calladine e il sergente Ruth Bayliss, non hanno tempo per la paura, e devono mettersi sulle tracce dell’assassino prima che tutto il quartiere venga sopraffatto dalla violenza. Potrebbe trattarsi di un regolamento di conti inscenato dal boss della droga Ray Fallon, ma l’istinto suggerisce a Calladine che il caso che ha per le mani è qualcosa di molto peggio, qualcosa che non ha ancora un nome. Riusciranno i due detective a rintracciare l’assassino prima che qualcun altro venga ucciso e che la stampa dia notizia di altri crimini dai contorni raccapriccianti? Calladine, Bayliss e il resto della loro squadra battono con perizia tutte le piste, in una continua corsa contro il tempo, fino a ritrovarsi su un sentiero che passa pericolosamente vicino a casa... Il thriller poliziesco che ha conquistato l’Inghilterra «Una lettura obbligata, una serie di cui diventerete ostaggi. I personaggi, l’ambientazione e la trama sono dettagliati e incredibili. Non vedo l’ora di leggere il prossimo.» Sarah Stevens «Un detective-thriller che mi ha completamente affascinato. Calladine e Bayliss sono due partner davvero affiatati e il finale è sorprendente.» Beth Boyd Helen H. DurrantAmbienta i suoi libri nella zona in cui vive e lavora, il nordovest dell’Inghilterra, un luogo che la scrittrice conosce bene, e che si trova tra due contee, tra la città e le colline. Questo posto ricco di insediamenti industriali e scorci di lussureggiante campagna, è pieno di ispirazione per lei, tanto che è proprio qui che si muovono Calladine e Bayliss, i due detective protagonisti della serie thriller di successo.

Il silenzio della morte

3 grandi thriller Un'autrice da 300.000 copie Bestseller del New York Times Helen H. Durrant firma la serie thriller che ha conquistato l’Inghilterra. Nel parco giochi del complesso di case popolari di Hobfield, nel Nord dell’Inghilterra, viene fatta una macabra scoperta: un sacchetto con delle dita mozzate, roba da impressionare anche il più navigato tra gli investigatori. Ma i due detective a cui è stato affidato il caso, l’ispettore Tom Calladine e il sergente Ruth Bayliss, non hanno tempo per la paura, e devono mettersi sulle tracce dell’omicida prima che tutto il quartiere venga sopraffatto dalla violenza. Una corsa contro il tempo per fermare uno spietato serial killer è al centro di Una misteriosa scomparsa. Calladine e Bayliss hanno due cadaveri, due studenti universitari americani. Unico indizio del raccapricciante rituale di morte: il killer ha applicato dei marchi da bestiame alle orecchie di entrambi. Una carta dei tarocchi. È la firma che sulle vittime lascia il killer al centro delle indagini di La lista dell’assassino. Ancora una volta, dalle sole evidenze sulla scena del crimine e dai rilievi dell’anatomopatologo, Calladine e Bayliss dovranno risalire all’assassino. Prima che altre giovani vite siano brutalmente troncate. La serie thriller che ha conquistato il Regno Unito «Una lettura obbligata, una serie di cui diventerete ostaggi. I personaggi, l’ambientazione e la trama sono dettagliati e incredibili.» Sarah Stevens «Un detective-thriller che mi ha completamente affascinato. Calladine e Bayliss sono due partner davvero affiatati e il finale è sorprendente.» Beth Boyd «Questi romanzi non indugiano in descrizioni inutili, ci sono solo grandi personaggi e grandi misteri. E una scrittura veloce, che divorerete.» Mary E «Azione incalzante, trama avvincente e grande ambientazione.» Martha B Helen H. Durrant Ambienta i suoi libri nella zona in cui vive e lavora, il Nordovest dell’Inghilterra, un luogo che la scrittrice conosce bene, e che si trova tra due contee, tra la città e le colline. Questo posto ricco di insediamenti industriali e scorci di lussureggiante campagna, è fonte di ispirazione per lei, tanto che è proprio qui che si muovono Calladine e Bayliss, i due detective protagonisti della serie thriller di successo.

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