DISCOVER THE COMPLETE BESTSELLING SERIES IN ONE BRILLIANT BOX SET. YOU GET *SEVEN* CRIME MYSTERIES, FILLED WITH TWIST AFTER STUNNING TWIST.???? ‘One of the best police procedurals around . . . in league with Peter Turnbull and Lynda La Plante.’ Library JournalPerfect for fans of Rachel McLean, Angela Marsons, Joy Ellis, D.S. Butler, Lynda La Plante, Helen H. Durrant and Caro Ramsay.Praise for the Detective Monika Mysteries:????? ‘A thrill ride.’ Publishers Weekly????? ‘A near-perfect mix of procedural and top-notch mystery.’ Library Journal????? ‘A tour de force readers won’t quickly forget.’ Kirkus????? ‘The plot twisted and turned, and kept me wanting more!’ Margaret B.????? ‘Deft writing and skilled plotting combine with a mix of all-too-human characters — and a shocker ending! Outstanding.’ Booklist____________________________IN THIS SEVEN-BOOK BOX SET:BOOK 1: THE DEAD HAND OF HISTORYOn Monika’s first day as detective chief inspector, a woman’s severed hand is found in a leafy park. Now the clock is ticking to catch a ruthless killer. But is Monika’s powerful chemistry with the prime suspect leading her off track?BOOK 2: THE RING OF DEATHDetective Monika thought she’d seen it all. But nothing could prepare her for this. A naked body out on the wild and windswept Lancashire moors. Posed on all fours with his throat slit. Whatever the killer’s twisted message, he won’t stop until he’s understood.BOOK 3: ECHOES OF THE DEADYears ago, Fred Howerd murdered an innocent teen girl. Now he’s saying his confession was a lie, forced out of him by two bent coppers — one of whom is Monika’s mentor and the only man she ever trusted.BOOK 4: BACKLASHMonika has a bitter history with Chief Superintendent Kershaw. But now his wife is missing and he wants her back at any cost. Even if that means Monika leading the case.BOOK 5: LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTERWhen a retired miner is found bludgeoned to death in his outside lavatory, Detective Monika must solve the case. And it’s her daughter’s life on the line should she fail . . .BOOK 6: A WALK WITH THE DEADConcerned Monika spots a teenage girl, alone and distressed at a wedding. She wants to go over and speak to the girl. She never gets the chance. Next morning, the girl’s battered body is found in a park. Strangled.BOOK 7: DEATH’S DARK SHADOWA victim without a name. A killer without a motive. A detective facing her darkest hour. When divers pull a body from the waters of a murky canal, everyone looks to Detective Monika for answers.____________________________MEET YOUR NEW FAVOURITE DETECTIVEDCI Monika Paniatowski is smart, ambitious and damaged. Her sergeant started a rumour she landed her post by sleeping her way to the top. But the truth is Monika has had to work twice as hard as any of the resentful male colleagues currently betting against her. Will her flawless instincts be enough to win them round?THE SETTINGWhitebridge was once a thriving Northern mill town. In the 1970s, it is a place in decline, where the social fabric is ripping apart.Don’t miss out on this series of unputdownable crime thrillers set in the 1970s! YOU GET ALL SEVEN OF THE ABOVE BOOKS IN THIS EDITION.

A willing victim complicates a case for Detective Charlie Resnick, “one of the most fully realized characters in modern crime fiction” (Sue Grafton).   Maria Roy is in the tub, musing on her hatred for her movie producer husband, when Grabianski and Grice break into her house. Though she is fearful at first, something about Jerry Grabianski’s confidence calms her down. Over tall glasses of Scotch, she directs them to her valuables—jewelry, bonds, her wedding tape—even doing them the favor of unlocking her husband’s safe. There Grabianski finds a surprise: a kilo of cocaine. He leaves with the drugs, the valuables, and a piece of Maria’s heart.  This is not the story she tells to police inspector Charlie Resnick, but Maria’s confusion makes the disheveled detective doubt her account of the robbery. As he combs Nottingham for the burglars, Maria and Jerry’s love affair charges ahead. She is about to learn that not even love can keep crime from turning bloody.

Dive into the #1 best-selling mystery series readers are comparing to Connelly, Patterson, and Baldacci.How do you catch a killer who's already behind bars?Thomas Austin was once a star NYPD detective, known for locking up a psychopathic serial killer: The Holiday Baby Butcher. Now retired in a small beach town, Austin runs a little café, trying to overcome the loss of his wife, a district attorney who was gunned down only one year ago.But when a mysterious bag of bones appears on a nearby beach, Austin is dragged back into law enforcement for one last job. The Holiday Baby Butcher is behind bars, so it has to be a copycat. But with each new clue, the killer seems closer and closer to the real thing.Now Austin must overcome the darkness of his past to chase a killer as twisted as any America has ever seen. And when Austin finally learns the truth, it's a twist so shocking it shakes him to his core, and threatens his life.The Bones of Point No Point is the mesmerizing debut crime thriller from D.D. Black, perfect for fans of James Patterson, Lisa Regan, Michael Connelly, and David Baldacci."????? Amazing Pacific Northwest setting, characters I actually liked, and a twist so deranged I had to start the book over from the beginning the second I finished.""????? A serial killer as sick as any I've seen. Highly recommended.""????? A great mystery! I loved the Pacific Northwest setting, loved the occasional bits of humor mixed in with this chilling story of a retired detective pulled back into the fray for one more job. I only hope Austin can find love again."Series List (can be read in any order):Book 1: The Bones at Point No PointBook 2: The Shadows of Pike PlaceBook 3: The Fallen of Foulweather BluffBook 4: The Horror at Murden CoveBook 5: The Terror in the Emerald CityBook 6: The Drowning at Dyes InletBook 7: The Nightmare at Manhattan BeachBook 8: The Silence at Mystery BayBook 9: The Darkness at Deception Pass (Available June 18, 2024)Book 10: The Vanishing at Opal Creek (Available Fall 2024)

A quaint English village’s summer gala is interrupted by murder in this award-winning mystery series starring the mild-mannered Detective Inspector Thanet. The Thaxden Fête is one of the highlights of the Sturrenden social calendar, and this year it promises to be better than ever. Local celebrities have descended on Thaxden Hall to raise money for the town hospice. The food is exquisite, the music lovely, and the company divine. Det. Inspector Luke Thanet and his wife are having a wonderful time at the party—until murder intervenes.   The victim is the mother of Hugo Fairleigh, local member of Parliament and organizer of the fête. An elderly woman who suffered a stroke just a few days before, she’s an unlikely target for a killer, yet someone saw fit to hold a pillow over her face until she breathed no more. Suspecting the killer came from Fairleigh’s own circles, Thanet begins investigating the MP’s family, certain of only one thing: This party is over.   Written by the CWA Silver Dagger–winning Dorothy Simpson, Wake the Dead is a perfect English mystery novel: at once tightly plotted, understated, and utterly shocking.   Wake the Dead is the 11th book in the Inspector Thanet Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

He stole everything from her. But when he lines up his pieces for a rematch, he'll be surprised at how well she’s learned to play the game…In a gripping tale of obsession and revenge, former detective Jill Jacobs must confront her darkest nightmare: the Makeup Artist, a twisted serial killer whose gruesome crimes and fixation on Jill nearly destroyed her.Now, as the psychopath strikes again, Jill’s uncanny telepathic bond with the killer is the only hope for Detectives Daniels and Remalla to stop the carnage. But to catch him, Jill must delve back into the disturbing mindset that once connected her to this monster - a connection he still craves.With her life and heart on the line, Jill’s pursuit of justice becomes a dangerous game of cat and mouse. As she grows closer to one of the detectives, the killer’s obsession reignites, putting everyone at risk.Can Jill find the strength to face the sadistic murderer who shattered her world and thirsts to do it again? Or will this deadly dance of obsession claim more innocent lives, including her own?First Cut is book one in the electrifying four-part psychological thriller and paranormal crime fiction Family or Foe Saga. It features the charismatic Detectives Daniels and Remalla, and will have you questioning the depths of the human psyche and the price of justice.Want all four books? Then dive into and enjoy the Family or Foe Saga Boxed Set.Follow J.T. Bishop on Amazon to be notified of new releases.

Gideon Oliver earns his moniker “The Skeleton Detective” in this riveting entry to the Edgar Award–winning mystery series “that never disappoints” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)   Deep in the primeval rainforest of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, the skeletal remains of a murdered man are discovered. And a strange, unsettling tale begins to unfold, for forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver determines that the murder weapon was a primitive bone spear of a type not seen for the last ten thousand years. And whoever—or whatever—hurled it did so with seemingly superhuman force. Bigfoot “sightings” immediately crop up, but Gideon is not buying them. But something is continuing to kill people, and Gideon, helped by forest ranger Julie Tendler and FBI special agent John Lau, plunges into the dark heart of an unexplored wilderness to uncover the bizarre, astonishing explanation.   Fans of authors Kathy Reichs and Tess Gerritsen and television shows like Bones will be fascinated by Aaron Elkins’s award-winning landmark forensic detective series. The Dark Place is the 2nd book in the Gideon Oliver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.