THE PORTCHESTER CASTLE MURDERS a gripping crime thriller full of twists

<p><strong>It's Friday the thirteenth and Detective Inspector Andy Horton's luck is about to run out.</strong>His Harley-Davidson is vandalized a strange symbol etched into the paintwork. Is it some kind of warning?To make matters worse Horton's nit-picking boss DCI Lorraine Bliss has returned early from her secondment to HQ.And a convicted murderer out on licence has gone missing. <em>Luke Felton</em>. Horton recognizes the name from a case he worked as a sergeant.Now a decomposing corpse washes up in Portsmouth harbour. The bloated body is found lying in the thick slimy mud.Before Horton can get a grip on either case his phone rings. He doesn't recognize the number. A voice on the other end gives him an address: <em>Willow Bank Shore Road Portchester</em>.Horton knows it. The house belongs to a woman he'd met the day before. And now she's dead. Her body lies in her windswept garden.Horton's got a lot on his plate. Can he connect the dots before anyone else dies?</p>