The First in an Explosive New Crime Series Meet DCI Cyril Bennett, a man with a passion for manners and efficiency, as well as an eye for the ladies. His partner, DS David Owen, is naÏve and untidy but keen. Together they make a formidable pair. When the discovery of two infants' bodies is made at a Teacher Training College, Bennett and Owen are given the case. Soon a number of suspects is identified. At the same time, a killer is on the loose staging attacks using sulphur mustard. Is there a link between the infants' bodies and the sulphur mustard attacks? Do the answers lie in the past or the present? Bennett and Owen must work together to bring to justice a killer with revenge on his mind.

Only the Dead

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Hollingdrake, Malcolm

Mystery

Bloodhound Books

An explosive crime thriller from the DCI Cyril Bennett Harrogate Crime Series A disused railway tunnel where, cruel and sinister deeds are executed. A policeman on a mission. A killer who will stop at nothing. The formidable DCI Cyril Bennett and DS David Owen of Harrogate Police find themselves embroiled in a series of bizarre events. A domestic dog attack on a child soon leads to a more complex case - the macabre discovery of a jigsaw of featureless, indiscernible body parts amongst bin bags littering a quiet road on the outskirts of the town. While under the leadership of a Chinese Mafioso, a team of Eastern Europeans spreads its tentacles into the sordid underworld of people trafficking, dog fighting, prostitution and murder. Bennett quickly has his hands full investigating a gambling syndicate, the discovery of a mutilated corpse, the death of a prostitute and the case of a badly beaten police officer. As Bennett and his team are stretched to capacity cracks begin to appear. Is there a link between these cases and can they catch a twisted killer before he strikes again?

Hell's Gate (DCI Cyril Bennett Harrogate Crime)

An explosive, edge of your seat, crime thriller In Harrogate things are about to get weird. Jars of honey containing pieces of tattooed flesh are the first clue in the search for the whereabouts of a missing fourteen-year-old boy. Then another boy goes missing and further jars of honey are discovered. Serial kidnappings taking place in Harrogate and the culprit is unlike any other Bennett has dealt with before. A number of leads seem to be going nowhere and the police are running out of time. Can Bennett and his team catch a psychopath before any more damage is done? This will be his toughest case yet. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVOURITE MYSTERY SERIES NOW Book 1: Only The Dead Book 2: Hell's Gate

Flesh Evidence

The Damascene Moment – To see into the dark you must learn to open your eyes!\nThe Harrogate Crime Series– for fans ofAngela Marsons, J R Ellis, Sir Ian Rankin, L J Ross.\n'I love words and this author is a master of them painting a picture you can fall right into'. Lynda Checkley *****\n'Hollingdrake is to Harrogate what Rankin (Rebus) is to Edinburgh – able to build a realistic landscape to portray his characters against – I love the way the characters are evolving, the pace is good and the plots compelling – enjoy!' John Robson *****\nInBook 12 of the Harrogate Crime Series, DCI Bennett and his team are involved in a missing persons investigation. Basking in his new role as a father, DI David Owen finds the case particularly distressing. 
The case is a perplexing one and the team is faced by a web of uncertainty and confusion. The battle is on between light and darkness, the shadows and the Shadowlands. The more the investigation proceeds, the more we are made aware that the victim’s life is not as innocent as first perceived: drug use and infidelity rear their ugly heads. 
The team is up against a deranged perpetrator who is well-organised, cunning and enigmatic. As the evidence accumulates, no breakthrough occurs and when a second female is reported missing, the pressure is on. Both Owen and April feel “the copper’s nag” and as time passes, they believe something sinister is involved. 
A tragic road accident occurs as a strange form of serendipity. Finally, after some painstaking police work, the case is bought to a close.

The Damascene Moment: Book 12 in the Harrogate Crime Series

Nielson

FRAGMENTS – If you spend too much time remembering the past you are likely to lose your way in the present! 
The Harrogate Crime Series – for fans of JR Ellis, Angela Marsons, Ian Rankin and LJ Ross. A ten book series and yet a collection of standalone reads. 
DCI Cyril Bennett is where he belongs, at the helm in a case involving multiple murders. The sudden deaths of the elderly victims are seemingly from natural causes with no suspicious circumstances. All are male and belong to a private social media group representing various areas of the educational establishment, developed after various meetings and reunions. The team battles to solve the crime before more murders ensue. 
Meanwhile, Owen, newly promoted to Inspector, is working on a drug related case. What initially seemed to be a straighforward investigation becomes a complex movement of drugs by a county line gang. When an adolescent goes missing, Owen must act swiftly. 
'Hollingdrake is to Harrogate what Rankin (Rebus) is to Edinburgh – able to build a realistic landscape to portray his characters against – I love the way the characters are evolving, the pace is good and the plots compelling – enjoy!' John Robson ★★★★★ 
'I love words and this author is a master of them painting a picture you can fall right into'. Lynda Checkley ★★★★★

Fragments (The Harrogate Crime Series)

Thrillers & Suspense

Following his recovery from a personal and professional trauma, Detective Chief Inspector Cyril Bennett has been declared medically fit to resume his police duties. He returns to discover a complex case involving the art world. Soon Bennett unearths a dark side of the industry where greed, ambition and dubious practices thrive and, where there is money to be made, violence and murder are never far away. Working their way through a maze of galleries, museums and the internet, Bennett'steam struggles to make sense of the evidence. Can Bennett tell the difference between what is real and what is fake?

Dying Art

Crossed Out

The Third Breath

A mutilated body apparently washed up on a windswept beach... A violent criminal gang preys on moped riders across the area... A teenage girl is desperate to escape sexual exploitation... It's a tough introduction to Merseyside for Detective Inspector April Decent, who's just arrived from her native Yorkshire. Together with new colleague Skeeter Warlock, Decent quickly discovers there's a sinister link between them all, one that will bring them face-to-face with some uncomfortable home truths. Catch as Catch Can is the first in the Merseyside Crime Series from Malcolm Hollingdrake - bestselling author of the Harrogate Crime Series.

Catch as Catch Can (The Merseyside Crime Series)

Hobeck Books

Retribution and Time 
An everyday Friday night out. A few too many drinks. 
A few harsh words said. No one was hurt. 
All easily forgotten.\nBoth can heal 
Except he didn’t forget. Their threats. How they made him feel… 
They must pay - with their lives.\nBut one will always leave a scar…\nA young woman goes missing. She’s done it before, but Detective Inspector April Decent senses this time it’s serious. Can she convince her colleagues she’s right before it’s too late?\nDecent and her DS Skeeter Warlock face their most deadly opponent yet in Syn, the second novel in Malcolm Hollingdrake’s superb Merseyside Crime Series.\nPraise for Malcolm Hollingdrake 
'Hollingdrake is to Harrogate what Rankin (Rebus) is to Edinburgh – able to build a realistic landscape to portray his characters against – I love the way the characters are evolving, the pace is good and the plots compelling – enjoy!' John Robson ★★★★★ 
'I love words and this author is a master of them painting a picture you can fall right into'. Lynda Checkley ★★★★★

Syn (The Merseyside Crime Series)

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