Bøger af D S Butler

Three boys were taken and murdered fifteen years ago. The killer is in jail. So why is history repeating itself?A family outing to Tattershall Castle comes to a chilling end when eleven-year-old Tommy Burton disappears without a trace in broad daylight. All that remains in his place is a small blue teddy bear. DS Karen Hart and her team are called in to investigate the unusual circumstances--but for DI Morgan the crime scene is eerily familiar.It's been fifteen years since Morgan worked on a traumatic case that saw Graham Donaldson put behind bars for abducting and murdering three young boys. His calling card: a blue teddy bear left at the scene of each crime, a detail never revealed to the press or public. Could Donaldson, recently transferred to a local prison, have something to do with the missing boy? Has he somehow inspired a copycat? Or, worse, is the original killer still out there--and embarking on a second campaign of terror?With Tommy still missing, and a growing list of suspects, Karen's team must piece the puzzle together before the unthinkable happens. But as a dizzying chase for the truth unfolds, could it be that the evil they seek is hiding in plain sight?

A guilty secret. A gruesome murder. A DEADLY MOTIVE. A man is found poisoned by the deadly toxin aconite. A note found at the scene leads Detective Sergeant Jack Mackinnon to a University of Oxford laboratory, where staff and students are desperate to hide their association with the victim. After an arrest is made, his colleagues believe the case is all but closed... but Mackinnon's nightmare is only just beginning.Deadly Motive is the second book in the Detective Jack Mackinnon crime series.

Two families. Only one can come out on top. Dave Carter is king of the East End, but someone has their eye on his crown. Martin Morton is determined to make his mark and take down Dave Carter while he's at it. If anyone stands in his way, he'll wipe them out. But has Martin bitten off more than he can chew? When his own family start to turn against him, Martin realises there is trouble brewing in the East End in more ways than one. Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.

What goes around, comes around... Jimmy Diamond is growing up in the shadow of his gangster father, Martin Morton, who is determined to get shot of him. Trouble is, Jimmy is not prepared to go quietly. Martin Morton murdered his mother, and now it's time for him to pay. With the help of his father's rival, Dave Carter, Jimmy starts to make plans. Martin Morton is about to get the punishment he deserves. But Jimmy is not the only one with revenge in his heart. The knives are out. It's time for some East End Retribution.

Time to run. Time to hide. Time to die...A late summer heatwave seems to have triggered an unusually high number of suicides. As the dead bodies pile up, DS Jack Mackinnon and the rest of MIT realise things aren't as straightforward as they seem, and when similar letters are found at the scene of each 'suicide, ' Mackinnon is convinced they are dealing with a serial killer.The killer believes the police aren't doing their job properly and is determined to deliver his own deadly justice. Deadly Justice is the fourth book in the DS Jack Mackinnon Series.The series order is as follows: 1) Deadly Obsession 2) Deadly Motive 3) Deadly Revenge 4) Deadly Justice 5) Deadly Ritual 5) Deadly Payback 7) Deadly Game 8) Deadly Intent.

Only one person can help crack this case--but he's also the prime suspect.DC Sophie Jones was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Viciously bludgeoned one night in a dark alley, she is left fighting for her life in hospital, leaving no clues as to why she was there or what might have motivated the attack.For Detective Karen Hart, fiercely protective of her young protégée, this is already deeply personal: an attack on Sophie is an attack on the whole team. When a car workshop near the crime scene is linked to local mobster Quentin Chapman, the man Hart has spent years trying to bring down, it's hard not to jump to the most obvious conclusion.But Chapman not only denies any knowledge of the incident--he asks for Karen's help. Someone is killing his associates, and he fears he might be next. With little else to go on, Hart has no choice but to rely on her sworn enemy and his underworld connections for valuable information. Can she trust Chapman to tell her the truth--or will this shady collaboration be the last case of her career?