The Ash Grove Murders - DCI Michael Holloway Mystery

<p>DCI Michael Holloway thought he had put Ash Grove behind him-the grey brutalist housing estate where he spent his haunted childhood before it was demolished. But when a body is discovered near the old grounds arranged in a tableau from decades past Holloway is pulled back into a place he swore he'd never revisit.</p><p>As more victims emerge-all former residents of Ash Grove-it becomes clear the killer is building a message in blood one murder at a time. Each scene is a twisted echo of life in the estate's final violent years and each clue seems unnervingly personal.</p><p>Haunted by fragmented memories and a secret he buried as a boy Holloway must return to the heart of Manchester's forgotten slums and face the possibility that he may not just be hunting the killer-he may have inspired them. Partnered with a sharp new detective and shadowed by his daughter Eliza a rising criminal profiler Holloway walks a psychological tightrope between guilt and justice.</p><p>The deeper they dig the more it becomes clear: the crimes of Ash Grove never ended-they were simply waiting to be unearthed.<br> </p>