Dead Silent

Female students are going missing but nobody's noticed yet.

A body is found in a car crash, but the victim was already dead . . .

Police partners, Detective Inspector Tom Calladine and Detective Sergeant Ruth Bayliss race against time to catch a vicious serial killer.

The first two victims are American university students and both have livestock tags fixed to their earlobes.

Who wanted them dead and what's the connection?

The detectives piece together the forensic evidence and track down the witnesses, to reach a shocking conclusion.

If you like Angela Marsons, Rachel McLean, J.D. Kirk, Ian Rankin or Rachel Abbott, you'll love this bestselling crime fiction writer.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT DEAD SILENT:

â­â­â­â­â­ 'An outstanding police procedural that you won't want to put down. Brilliant!' Chris C.

â­â­â­â­â­ 'Another brilliant read. I am loving this series.' Addicted to Books

â­â­â­â­â­ 'Gripped from the very beginning and found it difficult to put down.' Beanie99

â­â­â­â­â­ 'A real page turner that kept me gripped. Not to mention a cliff hanger of an ending. Highly recommended.' Tracey

â­â­â­â­â­ 'Absolutely brilliant, a must-read for everyone!' David P.

MEET THE DETECTIVES

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 and 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 SETTING

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.