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England, heute: Ein modernes Land, doch die industrielle Revolution hat hier nie stattgefunden. Auf den britischen Inseln leben Kelten, Sachsen und Pikten in einem brüchigen Frieden zusammen. Ausgerechnet zu solch einem Zeitpunkt wird die Leiche eines keltischen Diplomaten aufgefunden, brutal angenagelt an einen uralten Baum. Die sächsische Ermittlerin Aedith und der keltische Inspektor Drustan werden trotz aller Gegensätze und Konflikte gemeinsam auf den Fall angesetzt.

Essex in February. Cold enough to catch your death. Essex, February, 1991. The weather is biting cold. Everyone would rather be somewhere warmer, which is why it's a big surprise when a wanted drug smuggler, Bruce Hopkins, risks a return to his old haunts in Colchester after a decade long exile...

January 1983, Colchester CID. A new year brings new resolutions for Detective Inspector Nicholas Lowry. With one eye on his approaching 40th birthday, he has given up his two greatest vices: smoking and the police boxing team. As a result the largest remaining threat to his health is now his junior colleague's reckless driving.

‘Impeccable descriptions made the story come alive…Exhilarating stuff’ THE SUN The first in an electrifying new British detective series starring PC Donal Lynch. Meet PC Donal Lynch. Irish runaway. Insomniac. Functioning alcoholic. Donal is new to working the beat in London, trying his...

‘An intoxicating Thriller’ SUN Irish runaway. Insomniac. Functioning alcoholic. Life is about to get complicated for DC Donal Lynch. When a young woman is kidnapped, Donal is brought in to deliver the ransom money. But the tightly-planned drop off goes wrong, Julie Draper is discovered dead...

When Detective Superintendent Henry Christie takes on the case of a brutal murder of a seemingly innocent old man, the investigation brings him into touch with old friend and FBI agent Karl Donaldson, who is trying to track down a hit man believed to have entered the UK illegally. It’s obvious the two cases are connected, but it soon becomes clear there’s more to the old man’s murder than simple underworld retribution....

With the gruesome discovery of a young girl's body, and the abduction of another girl, DCI Henry Christie finds himself heading a high-profile, nationally scrutinized investigation which stretches his reputation and credibility to breaking point.

An apparently straightforward case turns into something far more sinister for Detective Superintendent Henry Christie. Detective Superintendent Henry Christie is in the middle of a case involving the horrific murder of a teenage girl when he is called in to investigate the drowning of Jennifer Sunderland, wife of local businessman Harry Sunderland. Henry’s curiosity is soon aroused when things don’t add up – and when a gun is pointed at his head by a masked man.

Reluctantly agreeing to track down three dangerous criminals, DCI Henry Christie's philosophy is that anything that keeps him at the cutting edge of coppering can't be all bad. But then he's asked to close down an investigation into a fatal police shooting, and he uncovers a number of worrying connections. Henry charges headlong into a terrifying conspiracy and finds himself much closer to the cutting edge than even he would have wanted....

Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Henry Christie could do without dealing with Felix Deakin, a convicted drug dealer serving a heavy prison sentence, who suddenly volunteers some new evidence that could be crucial in an upcoming murder trial. But things go horribly wrong when Deaken escapes from custody and kidnaps a disgraced ex-cop's son to use as a bargaining chip...

It started out as a kidnap, turned into a brutal murder and ended up as a plot to assassinate the American State Secretary... - DCI Henry Christie leaps at the chance to investigate the brutal killing of an ex-cop turned sleazy private eye. But as he investigates, Christie stumbles into a plot by Muslim extremists and finds himself plunged into the world of international terrorism....

Fourteen-year-old Mark Carter is plunged into a world of crime following his sisters drug overdose. He agrees to become an informer for DCI Christie in order to avenge Beths death and redeem himself. But if it all goes wrong, Mark stands to lose everything including his life. Marks obsession for revenge leads him to a dangerous mixture of teenage street gangs, brutal murder, drug turf wars and betrayal...

Aspiring actress Elizabeth Smart lands her centre stage role: her mutilated body is found dumped in North London’s red light district. Clasped in her hand is a piece of human hair belonging to an unidentified body of a woman murdered two weeks ago. Aspiring actress Elizabeth Smart lands her...