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When a teenager is the victim of an unprovoked attack while walking his dog, a murder investigation begins. A cruel twist of fate makes his innocent family the targets of a vicious campaign of terror. As the detectives of Liverpool's Major Investigation Team try to contain the violence, several key members of an organized crime family begin to topple, causing shockwaves across the planet.

A stand-alone novel based on high-profile child abductions, which have been followed by millions of concerned parents on the news. Five-year-old twins are abducted from a tent in the Lake District and the hunt for a dangerous paedophile ring begins. Police procedure follows the premise that 60% of abducted children are murdered within the first four hours of being taken. The first hour is called "The golden hour" and the longer a child is missing, the less chance there is of them being recovered unharmed.

When well-known community activist, Lacey Taylor goes missing whilst walking her dog, the police are at a loss to find any evidence as to where she is. A local man finds the collar, which belonged to her dog near Crosby Beach, home of the eerie Iron Men statues (Anthony Gormley's 'Another Place') and DI Annie Jones calls in the canine units to aid the search. What they find shocks even the most hardened detectives on her Major Investigation Team.

The gripping story of a young boy and his family, driven from their home by war and indiscriminate violence. Like millions of others, they attempt the treacherous journey across their war-torn continent, trying to reach the safety of Europe. The truth is, Europe doesn't want them, and thousands die every month at the hands of thieves and profiteering men to whom life is cheap. Kalu believes that he can lead his family to safety. They have money and a plan, and Kalu is, after all, the smartest man in Monguno.

Suicide. Drugs. Murder. DI Braddick is put on the case when a hijacked drug deal has resulted in murder and an eyewitness goes missing. When victims are discovered strung up from the rafters of an abandoned fish factory on the Anglesey coastline, the police are baffled as to what went on. A deserted trawler found at the scene helps Braddick put the pieces together. Could this be the work of a notorious Russian crime family? When an undercover officer goes missing, everything points to an informer for the family, and it is clear they will stop at nothing to silence the leak.

When an author helps the police to identify symbols carved into two dead bodies, he becomes the focus of a murderous cult. He has to become the hunter to survive.

Rachel Evans, a selfie queen and social media superstar, went to school and never came home. DI Alan Williams and his team launch a desperate investigation to find her. As the country is plunged into lockdown, the price of narcotics skyrockets, causing friction between rival dealers.

Slow Burn is the second book in the best selling Alec Ramsay series, following The Child Taker, Slow Burn, Criminally Insane, Frozen Betrayal.

44 Brick St is a house with a terrible past built on the site of a plague pit. In the 1600s a woman accused of being a witch was tortured to death just yards away. In 1973 work on building a school uncovered 5631 coffins piled 16 deep in a 40meter square. The coffins were unnamed and the mass grave unmarked.

Detective Braddick is summoned to a horrendous crime scene, where it appears a double murder has taken place. The victims' bodies are missing, and the police have no clue as to their identities or who killed them.

This concise guide tells you how to write a novel by using a systematic approach to writing. A simple step by step breakdown of how to plan each day.Most guides regurgitate information, which they have picked up from creative writing books or sites.Writing a novel is the same as any other task we undertake as individuals. We have to learn how to do it in order to do it well. When you first learn to drive, you need lessons. No one walks into the kitchen and creates a gourmet dish on their first attempt. If you want a system to apply to writing a book, then you need to take advice from an “author" who has taken years to develop the process via experience

The saga continues with Kalu in grave danger in London, while his son Beb flies into rebel-controlled Chad with his wife and baby. They're trying to cross the border into Nigeria to find his long-lost sisters in Monguno. This story will drag you along at 100mph as each perilous journey unfolds and the horror of each situation is exposed. Is this family cursed or can they find each other and a peaceful existence?

DI Alec Ramsay is stretched to the limit as a serial killer stalks the bars of Liverpool's busy city center. Six months before, riots tore society apart when fuel supplies ran dry, and the Western world ground to a halt. The inner cities were plunged into lawlessness. As a fragile peace is restored, a young child disappears from home. Her father is critically injured at the scene along with three members of a drug gang.

An edge-of-the-seat thriller written by one of the best new talents to come from the UK in years. The plot jumps from the past back to the present as it twists on a gritty rollercoaster ride from start to finish. Jones has a talent to write stories so current it is frightening.

The plot begins with a sustained attack on security service personnel on both sides of the Atlantic. A synchronized three-prong attack with radioactive dispersal devices, or dirty bombs, against New York, Liverpool, and of course the holy city of Jerusalem. The nefarious Yasser Ahmed returns to haunt Tank; if you enjoyed listening to parts one and two, then this is a MUST-listen!

An extremist attack on a busy shopping mall leaves 64 dead. John Tankersley, "Tank", is tasked with tracking the culprits down. His justice is swift and brutal.

The ultimate serial killer thriller When well known community activist, Lacey Taylor goes missing whilst walking her dog, the police are at a loss to find any evidence as to where she is. A local man finds the collar, which belonged to her dog near Crosby Beach, home of the eerie Iron Men statues (Anthony Gormley's 'Another Place') and DI Annie Jones calls in the canine units to aid the search. What they find shocks even the most hardened detectives on her Major Investigation Team. ★★★★★ "An Amazon top 10 novel. This is his best serial killer thriller. It charted at No1 in three ...

Conrad Jones has done it again with his Alec Ramsay books - crime thriller writing that will have you chewing your fingers as you listen! Soft Target is the first book in a series of thrillers that follow the hunt for a nefarious killer. The book begins in famous US tourist destinations where suicide bombers cause carnage before attacking the United Kingdom.

If you and I are honest, right now deep inside, we'd both admit that the person we've robbed the most in living our lives—is us. As the title and subtitle suggest, to truly reclaim your life, you must begin by repaying the debt you owe yourself by finally living the life you were born for....and there is absolutely no way that we can lead wealthy lives, if we steal from ourselves.

Cuckoos on the Mersey Books 1-3 In the shadows of Merseyside, a relentless battle rages for the soul of the city’s most vulnerable. Cuckoos on the Mersey plunges readers into the harrowing world of child protection teams and the Protecting Vulnerable People Unit (PVPU) of Merseyside Police. At the heart of the chaos is Leo, a sixteen-year-old ensnared by a violent organized crime group, struggling to escape the clutches of his ketamine addiction. When social services visit Angela, a neighbor in crisis, the situation spirals out of control. Deceptively quiet, her home hides a terrifying ...