Books
Dead Silent - Due for publication May 27th 2010
20 years ago, Britain was rocked by the disappearance of well-known barrister Claude Gilbert, after the beaten corpse of his wife was discovered hidden in the garden. Worst of all, scratches found on her makeshift coffin signal that the unthinkable took place - Nancy was buried alive. Conspiracy theories say Gilbert murdered his wife and then killed himself, but with no body ever found, the mystery has remained unsolved. But then Lancashire crime beat reporter Jack Garrett is contacted by someone claiming to be Gilbert's girlfriend, and Jack eagerly leaps on the chance to clear a decades-old enigma. But as Jack sets off on the trail of Gilbert - and the news scoop of his career - he quickly finds that the truth is stranger than the headlines.
Last Rites
When Luke Howarth is found fatally stabbed to death in his bed, suspicion falls on his girlfriend, Sarah Goode - missing since his murder. Just another crime of passion with a tragic end. Or is it? Reporter Jack Garrett isn't sure - especially when Sarah's parents implore him to find their daughter. But as he hunts for Sarah, he delves into the area's troubled history and discovers that old rites may not be a thing of the past. Soon, Jack and Laura find themselves in mortal danger as they face an unhinged killer who is determined that they will pay with their lives...
Lost Souls
A woman is found butchered. Ritual murder or crime of
passion? Children are abducted and then returned to their families,unharmed but with no knowledge of where they have been - or who took them. DC Laura McGanity needs to solve these mystifying cases, but her reporter boyfriend Jack Garrett finds himself entangled in the investigations when he meets a man who 'paints' the future - prophecies of horrific events which he then puts
onto canvas - and it becomes terrifyingly clear that many people, including his own family, are in grave danger ...
Fallen Idols
A Premiership footballer is murdered on a busy London street. Who lies behind this apparently motiveless killing - and who's next? Crime-beat reporter Jack Garrett is convinced that this is no celebrity stalker. Aided by DC Laura McGanity, desperately trying to juggle police life with motherhood, the trail leads them to Turners Fold, Lancashire - Jack's home town. What's the connection between the recent assassination and the murder of a young girl there ten years before?