Dead Guilty

<p><strong>Detectives Calladine and Bayliss hunt for a missing child in a mystery with a shocking ending.</strong></p><p></p><p>Sophie Alder is the three-year-old daughter of local factory owner Richard Alder. Richard and his wife Annie are locals from the rough housing estate who've made it big.</p><p></p><p>Plus there's a crime wave in Leesworth and the police can't cope. One thief even dares to break into Calladine's house.</p><p></p><p>A number of local men have formed a vigilante group. On one of their patrols they catch the burglar and he ends up dead.</p><p></p><p>The investigation is complicated and the detectives keep hearing about a shadowy figure called 'Street' the mastermind behind the increase in drugs and theft.</p><p></p><p>With two more murders and Calladine's personal life in turmoil the detectives race to find 'Street' and the missing child.</p><p></p><p><strong>If you like Angela Marsons Rachel McLean J.D. Kirk Ian Rankin or Rachel Abbott you'll love this bestselling crime fiction writer.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT <em>DEAD GUILTY</em>:</strong></p><p></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ '<strong>WOW what an awesome read!</strong>' Addicted to Books</p><p></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you love crime thrillers with a twist you will<strong> love this series of books</strong> from Helen Durrant.' KT</p><p></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Hits the ground running and doesn't stop until the very end. Full of twists and turns <strong><em>Dead Guilty</em> is a brilliant read</strong>.' Tracey</p><p></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A fantastic fiction writer whose storytelling has you so gripped it's <strong>impossible to put down</strong>.' Mrs S.A. Smith</p><p></p><p>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ '<strong>Brilliant storylines brilliant characters</strong>.' Amazon customer</p><p></p><p><strong>MEET THE DETECTIVES</strong></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p><strong>THE SETTING</strong></p><p>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.</p>