Ex-army Captain John Cunningham, a Falklands war veteran, is making the transition back into civilian life.

After investing in a property in the Lowlands, Three Oaks Farm, Cunningham starts kennels for breeding and training gun dogs. The farm is in the middle of dog-breeding country. Neighbour Joe Little raises Labradors; Laura Daiches and Olive Cory, who live next to each other, also raise spaniels, but strictly for show - and never fail to express contempt for Cunningham's working dogs.

But the dog breeding world proves to be a ruthlessly competitive business, where enemies are easily made. Especially when a rival breeder is murdered, and Cunningham is framed for the crime...

Dog in the Dark

is the first instalment in the thrilling Three Oaks series.

Gerald Hammond

is a retired architect and the creator of the mystery series featuring John Cunningham, a dog breeder in Scotland, and Keith Calder, a gunsmith. He also writes under the pseudonyms Arthur Douglas and Dalby Holden.

Though retired newspaper reporter Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins, Henrie O to her friends, once turned down a marriage proposal from Jimmy Lennox, he's still one of her most cherished friends. So when he asks for her help on behalf of his wife, world-famous documentary filmmaker Sophia Montgomery, Henrie O reluctantly agrees to join them on a Baltic cruise. Sophia is the stepmother to the now-grown heirs of a great fortune, who are none too happy that she controls their inheritance. But do they really want her dead? Jimmy thinks so, and he wants Henrie O to prove it.

On the cruise, Henrie O soon realizes that this dysfunctional family is plunging toward destruction. As the ports of call pass—Copenhagen, Gdynia, Tallinn, St. Petersburg—death inexorably approaches. But Henrie O discovers that love, once kindled, never dies. When Jimmy is accused of murder and time is running out, she pursues a clever killer who won't hesitate to strike again.

“An intense, thrilling page-turner sure to satisfy any fan of the [crime] genre.” –

Goodreads

Review

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She read him stories and tucked him at night. She’d kiss his forehead and wish him “pleasant dreams.” But all this is in the past and nothing more than a haunting memory as she looks into his unseeing eyes… Her baby is dead.Martha Cooper has been living with a horrible secret for years,

but it all came crashing down when the son she was forced to walk away from turns up dead. Now a grown man of twenty-two,

Chris was found washed up on a riverbank during a winter thaw, and it’s Detective Madison Knight who rushes to the crime scene. Martha is quick to point Madison to her ex-husband and the boy’s father, Marcus Randall, for his murder.

But Marcus isn’t about to go down without a fight. As a wealthy and corrupt business tycoon, Marcus pulls on his friendship with the police chief, and the two of them hinder Madison’s investigation. What they fail to see is the resistance only makes Madison more suspicious that Marcus has something to hide. She’s also not about to be bullied into silence—even if it pits her against two of the most powerful men in the city. But

Madison will seriously need to consider whether a father betrayed his own son or if it was someone else who killed Chris. If she’s going to find out the truth, she’ll need to follow the evidence and push through all the lies. But Madison quickly discovers that nothing comes without personal cost. Not even justice.

A brilliant, heart-pounding mystery full of twists.

Perfect for fans of Robert Dugoni, J.D. Robb, and Lisa Regan.

Readers love

Sacrifice

:

“An

exciting fast-moving

modern police-procedural

thriller with a realistic, feisty female lead

.” ?????“I

loved Detective Madison and her dogmatic pursuit for justice

!” ?????“

A truly awesome story

.” ?????“Fast-paced and well-written,

this book was hard to put down

.” ?????“

This story was captivating

. I had a difficult time putting it aside.” ?????“

Lots of twists and turns

.” ?????“

Kept me on the edge of my seat

.” ?????“If you like

fast-paced, no-holds-barred mysteries with a two-fisted protagonist

, you will want to read Sacrifice.” ?????“

A brilliant crime thriller with twists and turns at every corner

.” ?????

“An intense, thrilling page-turner sure to satisfy any fan of the [crime] genre.” –

Goodreads

Review

?????

She read him stories and tucked him at night. She’d kiss his forehead and wish him “pleasant dreams.” But all this is in the past and nothing more than a haunting memory as she looks into his unseeing eyes… Her baby is dead.Martha Cooper has been living with a horrible secret for years,

but it all came crashing down when the son she was forced to walk away from turns up dead. Now a grown man of twenty-two,

Chris was found washed up on a riverbank during a winter thaw, and it’s Detective Madison Knight who rushes to the crime scene. Martha is quick to point Madison to her ex-husband and the boy’s father, Marcus Randall, for his murder.

But Marcus isn’t about to go down without a fight. As a wealthy and corrupt business tycoon, Marcus pulls on his friendship with the police chief, and the two of them hinder Madison’s investigation. What they fail to see is the resistance only makes Madison more suspicious that Marcus has something to hide. She’s also not about to be bullied into silence—even if it pits her against two of the most powerful men in the city. But

Madison will seriously need to consider whether a father betrayed his own son or if it was someone else who killed Chris. If she’s going to find out the truth, she’ll need to follow the evidence and push through all the lies. But Madison quickly discovers that nothing comes without personal cost. Not even justice.

A brilliant, heart-pounding mystery full of twists.

Perfect for fans of Robert Dugoni, J.D. Robb, and Lisa Regan.

Readers love

Sacrifice

:

“An

exciting fast-moving

modern police-procedural

thriller with a realistic, feisty female lead

.” ?????“I

loved Detective Madison and her dogmatic pursuit for justice

!” ?????“

A truly awesome story

.” ?????“Fast-paced and well-written,

this book was hard to put down

.” ?????“

This story was captivating

. I had a difficult time putting it aside.” ?????“

Lots of twists and turns

.” ?????“

Kept me on the edge of my seat

.” ?????“If you like

fast-paced, no-holds-barred mysteries with a two-fisted protagonist

, you will want to read Sacrifice.” ?????“

A brilliant crime thriller with twists and turns at every corner

.” ?????

Nothing spoils a relaxing vacation like witnessing a murder.

While visiting the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, namesake Detective Jack Lisbon and his young daughter find themselves caught up in a horrifying assassination. The victim, a university student and part-time journalist, is gunned down in broad daylight on the packed No. 15 tram.Jack soon finds his role in the case shifting from eyewitness to special investigator. The suspects start lining up: a jealous rival; a jilted lover; a ruthless entrepreneur.

The stakes skyrocket when Jack himself is brutally assaulted. Is this a random attack or a message from the killer to back off?

As he juggles a family reunion with long-lost relatives, the safety of his daughter, and involvement in one of Portugal's most baffling homicide investigations, Jack faces what could be his most daunting case yet. One thing is certain – even on foreign soil this detective won’t change his hard-boiled policing style for anyone.“Moving Target” is the seventh action-packed novel in the acclaimed

Fighting Detective

series. Perfect for fans of American crime-writing giants James Patterson, David Baldacci and Michael Connelly, or British masters of police procedurals Ian Rankin, Peter James and Val McDermid.