John Milne
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Semi-retired policeman Henry Crabbe would rather be cooking than catching criminals. Unluckily for him, he happens to be good at both. His boss, Assistant Chief Constable Fisher doesn't want to lose him, and his accountant wife, Margaret, worries his new career as a restaurateur won't be financially viable. While indulging his culinary passions, Crabbe remains on call for those particularly tricky case that Fisher sends his way.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Cold Case squad is a crack team of three detectives, a forensic expert and a psychological profiler. Their job is to reopen the files on unsolved murders. In this season, a psychotic killer is the key to an investigation when a victim who survived is harassed by a copycat assailant; a deathbed confession appears to link the hanging of an East End gangster and the assassination of the jury who found him guilty; the team come up against a wall of...
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 7
Language
English
Description
Beautiful 18-year-old Joanna Gold famously disappeared in broad daylight on Hampstead Heath in 1989. Now her famous red dress has been discovered in a lock-up in Kings Cross. Boyd is certain that when he finds the owner of the lock-up, he'll have found Joanna's murderer.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 2
Language
English
Description
Boyd's theory seems to have been proved right and the Gambler's partner is apparently active once more. He has abducted a young woman. The team are up against time in tracing her and her abductor. Can they read the cards before another life is gambled away?
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 8
Language
English
Description
Threatened by the investigation, Joanna Gold's killer has struck again and now begins to stalk her younger sister, Clara. She persuades Boyd to let her wear the red dress and go onto the Heath in an attempt to catch her stalker. When the Commissioner hears of this dangerous plan, he furiously intervenes. Boyd is in deep trouble.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 3
Language
English
Description
Harry Newman is an old man, dying in a London nursing home. When he makes deathbed confession of twelve separate 'unauthorized killings', the Cold Case Team are called onto the trail of a suspected serial killer and his executioner. They embark on an investigation to discover the facts surrounding the deaths of each of the names on Harry's deathbed list.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 4
Language
English
Description
Revenge for a fatal miscarriage of justice in the early 60s seems to be behind the execution of the members of the jury. Boyd seeks help from the former investigating officer. They dig up Frank's body from Bethnal Green cemetery, to match DNA. Forensic work reveals that the body is not Frank's. So who is it? And where is Frank Sutton?
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 6
Language
English
Description
The team's quest to find the murderer is leading them further up the political ladder. Government secrecy does not make their life easy. Pressure is applied from above as Boyd closes on his quarry. Grace tries to urge Boyd to be cautious but he ignores her and risks his career to get to the truth.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 5
Language
English
Description
The team reinvestigates the unsolved murder of Home Office advisor Katherine Reed. Katherine was a prominent feminist academic who swapped sides to join the establishment. Boyd and the team discover a trail of intrigue that leads all the way to the top.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 1
Language
English
Description
Thomas Rice, known as The Gambler, was jailed for murdering five women in the late 1980s. So when a stalker begins to harass the only living victim of the jailed serial killer, Boyd reinvestigates his pet theory that Thomas had a partner, who is still on the loose.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Chief Inspector Boyd and his team are back to reopen the files of more cold cases. A spectral leader calling himself 'The Shepherd' is inciting vulnerable women to commit murder; a sadomasochistic killer is counting off his victims, leaving the word 'sorry' carved into their skin; and the discovery of an unexploded bomb threatens to bring unforeseen upheaval to the team.
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