DEAD TOWN

<p><strong>AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING BRITISH CRIME THRILLER FULL OF TWISTS.</strong></p><p><strong>She digs up London's past crimes. Her blog is called Deadtown. Now she's dug up something that got her killed.</strong></p><p>Detective Mary Hume stares at the crime scene in confusion. She's in an empty flat. Peeling wallpaper. A bloodstained chair in the middle of the room.</p><p><strong>But no body.</strong></p><p>Her sergeant hands her a burner phone. On it is a video clip. It shows a woman. Tied to the chair in the flat a carving knife pressed to her throat. As Mary watches in horror the blade flashes across the woman's exposed skin. She slumps forward lifeless.</p><p>Placed in the woman's lap is a piece of cardboard. Written on it in blood-red is one word: DEADTOWN.</p><p>The phone was handed in to Charing Cross police station the day before. The woman in the video is Melissa Clarke. A true crime blogger famous for exposing London's most notorious cold cases.</p><p><strong>Just what did Melissa dig up that got her killed?</strong></p><p>To find the answers Mary calls on maverick ex-police officer Raine. Raine thinks outside the box. She can reach people - and places - that Mary can't.</p><p>Then a second body is discovered - and the two detectives realize that <strong>someone is playing twisted mind games with them.</strong></p><p>Can they pull the pieces of the puzzle together before more people die?</p><p><strong>Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham Lynda La Plante Karin Slaughter Biba Pearce and Angela Marsons.</strong></p>