DEAD WICKED a totally addictive crime thriller with a huge twist (Calladine & Bayliss Mystery)

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About DEAD WICKED a totally addictive crime thriller with a huge twist (Calladine & Bayliss Mystery)

Looking for a brilliant best-selling crime mystery with great detectives? DETECTIVES CALLADINE AND BAYLISS HUNT FOR A VICIOUS KILLER The first victim is found on waste ground. His tongue has been cut out and stuffed down his throat. Then another body is found dumped in a lake up in the hills. The same gruesome murder method is used. And guess who the detectives’ new boss is? The incredibly difficult Stephen Greco. A TWISTED KILLER . . . AND A WICKED TWIST Meanwhile Ruth Bayliss’s personal life is falling apart and someone is targeting local businesses with ransomware. The prime suspect is a criminal Calladine thought he’d seen the last of. WHO’S THE SERIAL KILLER AND WHO’S NEXT ON THE LIST? Discover an absolutely unputdownable crime thriller from a best-selling author. IN AN ENDING WITH A MASSIVE TWIST, THE DETECTIVES FIND EVERYTHING THEY BELIEVED IS WRONG. If you like Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, Mel Sherratt, Ruth Rendell, or Mark Billingham you will enjoy this exciting new crime fiction writer. DEAD WICKED is book ten of a new series of detective thrillers featuring D.S. Ruth Bayliss and D.I. Tom Calladine. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE SERIES “I read it in one sitting.” Aileen “This books has lots of twists and turns throughout and with a cracking ending to this brilliant book.” Nessa “Really enjoyed this book.” Nerys “Kept me guessing till the end.” Anna Maria “I finished it in twenty-four hours and enjoyed every page.” Joan THE DETECTIVES Tom Calladine is a 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. Ruth Bayliss is in her mid-thirties, plain-speaking but loyal. She is balancing her professional life with looking after a small child. THE SETTING The fictional village of Leesdon is 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. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVOURITE MYSTERY SERIES NOW THE CALLADINE & BAYLISS MYSTERY SERIES Book 1: DEAD WRONG Book 2: DEAD SILENT Book 3: DEAD LIST Book 4: DEAD LOST Book 5: DEAD & BURIED Book 6: DEAD NASTY Book 7: DEAD JEALOUS Book 8: DEAD BAD Book 9: DEAD GUILTY Book 10: DEAD WICKED THE DCI GRECO BOOKS Book 1: DARK MURDER Book 2: DARK HOUSES Book 3: DARK TRADE Book 4: DARK ANGEL DETECTIVE RACHEL KING THRILLERS Book 1: NEXT VICTIM Book 2: TWO VICTIMS Book 3: WRONG VICTIM

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