Dead Wicked

<p><strong>Detectives Calladine and Bayliss hunt for a vicious killer.</strong></p><p></p><p>The first victim is found on waste ground. His tongue has been cut out and stuffed down his throat.</p><p></p><p>Then another body is found dumped in a lake up in the hills. The same gruesome murder method is used.</p><p></p><p>And guess who the detectives' new boss is? The incredibly difficult Stephen Greco.</p><p></p><p>A twisted killer . . . And a wicked twist.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile DS Ruth Bayliss's personal life is falling apart and someone is targeting local businesses with ransomware.</p><p></p><p>The prime suspect is a criminal DI Tom Calladine thought he'd seen the last of.</p><p></p><p>Who's the serial killer and who's next on the list?</p><p></p><p class=ql-align-justify><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 class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT <em>DEAD WICKED</em>:</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>????? 'Yet again another <strong>addictive read with a great twist</strong> which leads nicely into the next book. I really struggled to put it down.' Vix</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>????? 'Another excellent story with familiar characters lots of twists and turns and <strong>a proper page turner</strong>. Recommend all this series.' Peter B.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>????? 'Great characterisation as always and a storyline that keeps you <strong>hooked from start to finish</strong>. I loved it!' P.A. Burton</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>????? '<strong>A very well written series of books</strong>.' Jan</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>????? '<strong>I love these characters!</strong>' Maggie L.</p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>MEET THE DETECTIVES</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify>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 class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>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 class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>THE SETTING</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify>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>