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After travelling to attend his estranged mother's surprise birthday party in a fancy Durham hotel, DI Aector McAvoy finds himself unexpectedly in the middle of a town drama involving the tragic demise of a rockstar's son. With evil forces at play, McAvoy must solve the case fast, before he becomes a victim too.

DS Aector McAvoy is on a family holiday when he hears he's been attacked and left for dead on one of Hull's most well-to-do streets. The news comes as something of a shock. But not as much as the discovery of who's really been attacked - and his growing realization it's no coincidence he's far from home on today of all days ...

DS Aector McAvoy investigates his darkest, most brutal case yet. The call comes in before DS Aector McAvoy has had time for breakfast. The news is bad: A body. Found in the woods out at Brantingham. The reality is even worse. The young man's mutilated corpse lies tangled in the roots of a newly fallen tree, two silver Roman coins nailed through his sightless eyes. Who would torture their victim in such a brutal manner - and why? DS McAvoy makes the victim a promise: I will find answers. You will know justice. But justice always comes at a cost, and this time it may be McAvoy's own family who pay the price. David Mark brings Hull to dark, brutal life in this gripping novel in the critically acclaimed DS McAvoy series - a perfect pick for fans of Denise Mina, Val McDermid and Peter Robinson.

Cordelia Hemlock is teetering on the verge of joining MI6 when she meets the enigmatic Walt, a high-ranking member of the Secret Intelligence Service, who tells her: They won't want you to do well. They won't ever trust you. They don't trust me and I'm one of them. She takes this as a challenge rather than a warning. It may be a mistake ...

Two assassins go head-to-head on the open seas in this historical thriller.

The narrative follows David Marks, who was adopted from Guatemala City by a loving couple, Donna and Steven Marks, when he was just six months old. Growing up in Southwest Florida, David's journey reflects themes of identity and belonging, exploring the impact of his adoption on his life and experiences.

Ronni Ashcroft uncovers a human organ trafficking ring in this suspense thriller.

When a severed hand is found in a remote woodland, forensic tests reveal Adam Nunn's National Insurance number scrawled on the palm. As Adam is arrested in connection with the murder, it emerges that the dead man was a PI he had hired to find out the identity of his birth parents. Just what did Larry Paris discover that got him killed?

A city united in grief. A journalist ready to kill to keep his secrets. A copper capable of darker deeds than murderers. An unworldly detective fighting to save an innocent man. Darkness Falls is the prequel to the DS Aector McAvoy crime thriller series.

Three schoolfriends went out and only two returned. There is a chilling reason why nobody looked for the missing girl.

Washed-up author Rufus Orton has bills to pay. A gig teaching creative writing to prison inmates seems like easy money. Plus, the prison guard who invited him, Annabeth Harris, is a big fan. Convicted criminal Griffin Cox is a big fan too - and not just of Rufus. Griffin has a plan. And it's only with both their help that his twisted game can begin

The clairvoyant is found with a shard of blue crystal buried deep in her chest. The crime scene plunges DS Aector McAvoy back twelve years, to a case he's tried desperately to forget. To catch the killer, he must face his past, but doing so has the power to destroy everything he loves .

1967. Grieving the loss of her son, Cordelia Hemlock seeks out the company of the dead, taking comfort in the local churchyard. During a storm, she sees a corpse that doesn't belong among the crumbling bones. Cordelia begins to investigate, but there are those who believe the village's secrets should remain buried . . . whatever the cost.

When a young girl disappears in Whitechapel, it sparks an investigation that attracts unwanted attention. Two worlds are about to collide in a terrifying game of cat and mouse played out on the rain-lashed streets of London's East End, a neighbourhood that's run red with the blood of innocents for centuries.

When you're dreaming, it's dangerous to wake up . . . An addictive psychological thriller from David Mark, currently writing "at the top of his game" (Publishers Weekly) Liz Zahavi is desperate. Desperate for her controlling partner, Jay, to stay with her, to actually love her. Desperate to be well again, after a recent diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. Desperate to be understood.Private therapy seems like the answer to her prayers, but Liz doesn't even make it to her first appointment. Lost in a maze of country roads, she crashes her car, only to be rescued by a brooding local farmer . . . who just keeps on rescuing her. Attractive and intense, Jude is a dream, and Liz doesn't want to wake up.But four years ago, Jude's perfect, pretty wife died alone in the woods near their house. And as Jude's past boils into the present, threatening to destroy their new happiness, Liz begins to wonder what exactly her new man is capable of . . . and how far he's willing to go.

The new novel in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Hull-based DS McAvoy crime series.

A murder and a missing person case puts McAvoy on the track of a man whose desire for revenge is unstoppable - but who may not be the worst criminal involved.

The latest installment in David Mark's internationally acclaimed Detective Sergeant McAvoy series, Cruel Mercy is McAvoy's first adventure on American soil. In the New York Police Department's 7th Precinct on the Lower East Side, Detective Ronny Alto is investigating a crime that's left one man dead and the other in a medically induced coma after surviving a shot to the head. One hope is that Brishen Ayres, a boxing coach and legend in the gypsy community in England, will wake up and reveal the person--or people--responsible for the murder of his protege Shay Helden and his own mutilation. Another hope is Detective Sergeant McAvoy. Far away from his home in the U.K., from his familiar Hull, and from the guidance of his boss Trish Pharaoh, McAvoy is flown in to assist with the case, but he has his own motives for the trip: find a man named Valentine Teague--another amateur boxer, a rival of the Helden family, and, perhaps most important, his brother-in-law. But every step toward locating Valentine is a step deeper into a sinister underground network of misguided loyalty, faith, and honour that pulses beneath the streets of New York. The latest installment of the Detective Sergeant McAvoy novels, and the first to be set in the United States, Cruel Mercy finds Hull's most enigmatic detective treading unfamiliar ground in this wicked stateside thriller

Book four in the Hull-based crime series, Taking Pity takes detectives McAvoy, Ray and Pharaoh on their most dangerous case to date.

Seit dem Anschlag auf Detective Aector McAvoys Familie lebt seine Frau Roisin getrennt von ihm in einem Versteck. McAvoy kümmert sich hingebungsvoll um seinen Sohn – nur er ist ihm von seinem alten Leben noch geblieben. Er lebt in einer heruntergekommenen Pension, zur Arbeit geht er nicht mehr. Doch seine Vorgesetzte Trish Pharaoh lässt nicht zu, dass ihr bester Mann sich vor dem Leben versteckt. Nur er kann ihr helfen, einen jahrzehntealten Fall zu lösen. Gerade rechtzeitig kommt McAvoy zurück. Denn seine Frau ist bei weitem nicht so sicher, wie er glaubt …

"One girl's missing. One girl's dead. A stunning new novel from one of Britain's most original crime writers, Dead Pretty finds Detective Sergeant McAvoy and his boss Trish Pharaoh grappling with vigilante killers, unsolved murders, and several twists to keep them--and readers--guessing along the way. Nine months have passed since the disappearance of Hannah Kelly, and Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy is failing to convince himself that she is just a missing girl and not a murder victim. As he visits the spot where she was last seen, turning the case over in his head, McAvoy receives a phone call: another girl has been found dead. As McAvoy looks for connections between the two cases, his boss Trish Pharaoh is preoccupied with troubles of her own. Reuben Hollow--a man convicted of murder with the help of perjured testimony from the Humberside Police--has just been released from prison after a high-profile wrongful conviction suit, putting Pharaoh's reputation and life in danger. Gritty, dark, and endlessly entertaining, David Mark's Dead Pretty is a satisfying, thought-provoking addition to the Detective Sergeant McAvoy series"--

Kein Motiv, keine Schuld, keine Gnade Eigentlich kann Detective Aector McAvoy die Härte seines Berufs ganz gut wegstecken. Er hat nur eine Achillesferse: seine Familie. Er liebt seine Frau Roisin über alles. Sie hilft ihm, an das Gute im Menschen zu glauben. Doch jetzt versetzen brutale Morde das englische Städtchen Hull in Angst und Schrecken. Und mit jedem Toten kommt der Mörder näher an sein Ziel: Roisin McAvoy.

Ein Handy im Schlamm eines Flussbettes. Ein zweifelhafter Selbstmord. Ein Detective, der nicht aufgeben wird, bis er den Fall aufgeklärt hat. Trotz Widerständen innerhalb der eigenen Reihen und vom Polizeichef zum Schweigen verdammt, ermittelt Aector McAvoy in den höheren Kreisen Yorks. Und riskiert dabei alles – selbst das Leben seiner Familie.

Aector McAvoy ist Polizist. Ein guter Polizist. Und er muss einen Mörder jagen. Seit Wochen versetzt der die abgelegene nordenglische Küstenstadt Hullin in Angst und Schrecken. Niemand ahnt, wann er wieder zuschlagen wird, welches Opfer er wählen wird. Aber dann beginnt McAvoy zu verstehen. Erfolgt einem Mann, der eine Mission hat: Er will Gerechtigkeit. Um jeden Preis. McAvoy ist ihm auf der Spur – und riskiert dabei alles: seinen Job, seine Familie, sein Leben …

Going Dirty is a history of negative campaigning in American politics and an examination of how candidates and political consultants have employed this often-controversial technique. The book includes case studies on notable races throughout the television era in which new negative campaign strategies were introduced, or existing tactics were refined and amplified upon.