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The man was 100 yards from his moment of destiny. He was oblivious to it, of course. Murderers don't necessarily realise they are killers until a few seconds before it happens. Murderers are sometimes just like you and me. He would never have dreamed that such a thing might happen. Ridiculous. If anyone had told him that today was the day he would turn into a killer, he would have looked at them quizzically; questioning their sanity, instead of his own.The murder investigation into the death of a young girl at Nottingham's Goose Fair throws up several suspects, close to home and further away. The stream of inquiries spirals into a climax, and suddenly another young life hangs in the balance.Detective Inspector Stark and his team prepare to do anything to stop further bloodshed. They are willing to use any means necessary, whether it be fair means or foul.In his fourth crime thriller, critically acclaimed author, Keith Wright, once again regales the stark reality of murder, derived from his hands-on experience as a CID detective sergeant working in an inner-city area. 'The latest of the increasingly impressive series - the denouement is solidly bedded in the realism of inner city life.' -The Scotsman'A gripping tale of murder.' Alwyn Graham Bolton Evening News.'Tightly written, with a cracking plot and grittier than a road-digger's wellies.' - Yorkshire Post

By award-winning author and veteran CID detective Keith Wright. 'Authentic - the climax is a genuine shock. ' - The Times. Christmas can be Murder!It is 1987. A perverted criminal psychopath is on the loose. An innocent young woman is murdered in horrific circumstances.DI Stark announces; 'Christmas is canceled,' and his team investigates during the festive season; aware that every second the maniac remains free, it moves him closer to his next victim.A second woman is raped and brutalized.How is the killer discovering intimate secrets about his victims? Why does he insist on terrifying them in the lead up to the attacks? What is driving this depravity? Who will the next victim be?In his attempts to protect the public, DI Stark makes a colossal error of judgment, which will have appalling personal consequences.Keith Wright's professional knowledge of police investigations, coupled with a formidable talent for storytelling, combine to make his third novel a must for all crime fiction enthusiasts and thriller readers alike.

September 1987The internet is yet to be born and the iphone is over twenty years from its inception. A packet of cigarettes costs £1.60 and a loaf of bread is 40p. Margaret Thatcher has just won a record third term as Prime Minister and 'Never Gonna Give You Up' by Rick Astley is number 1 in the Charts.Some things don't change; however, greed, love, jealousy, and a knife sliding through a carotid artery tend to have the same impact on people's lives as they ever did.In the second of The Inspector Stark series, DI Stark and his team battle to solve a murder which appears to be without motive. DI Stark also battles with his anxiety; DC Charlie Carter battles his hemorrhoids and DPW Steph Dawson battles with her Sergeants advances.An up-and-coming solicitor lies on a mortuary slab. He is a hard-working family man who appears to have everything. Who would want to kill him? The ruthless and savage killer, who knows precisely why; remains at large.Detective Inspector Stark and the team have scarcely begun their investigation when a second death occurs: another horrific and motiveless murder, or so it seems. Are the two linked? Are more going to die? How can they be stopped? A group of suspects emerges, one is the killer, and one the next to die.Stark's investigation eventually lays bare a sinister sequence of events, a motive where the past returns to haunt the present - a roller coaster ride of hate, fuelled by revenge.Stark stages a most original eavesdrop on a solemn occasion, and the police net closes in on an unexpected killer.Trace and Eliminate 'combines the virtues of an insider's knowledge with the dramatic power of a true storyteller'.

'I do not know what second it will be, what minute it will be, what hour, or even day. But it will come. You may see it coming. You may not. Regardless, I can guarantee you; there will be a moment like no other when you will draw your last breath. Like it or lump it. And at that moment you will see your final view of the world. However, what I do not know, is whether your last glimpse will be the sympathetic countenance of a loved one or the grotesque, contorted, teeth-clenched face of a crazed killer. Nor do you. That is yet to be determined. Other options are available.'Paul Masters, a family man, awakes to find his wife and daughter murdered. But how? It seems impossible. He is arrested for the crime. As he suffers a breakdown, Paul admits to the killing, but DI Stark and his team have serious doubts. When another horrific rape and murder takes place, these doubts seem well-founded, and the race is on to catch the maniac who will stop at nothing to feed his depravity. Who is his next victim going to be? How is he selecting them? Are all the detectives immune from his focus?In his fifth crime thriller, critically acclaimed author, Keith Wright, once again regales the stark reality of murder, derived from his hands-on experience as a CID detective sergeant working in an inner-city area. All Keith's books are set in Nottingham in the 1980s - a time before political correctness and mobile phones. It was a different world.

In 1978 witnessing a tragic accident as a child leaves Benny Smith mentally scarred for many years.In 1987 he is suddenly and unexpectedly released from the mental health institution that had been his home for almost a decade.Haunted by the incident and lacking sufficient support, his condition takes him to dark places in the corners of his mind, igniting a curious fascination. There is something specific he craves which can only be satiated if he sees young people die - it is a validation of sorts.Nottingham CID are puzzled when two children accidentally die in unusual and identical circumstances and only a day apart. Something isn't right.Detective Inspector Stark is suffering from his own demons and when he takes charge of this case, he realises that he and the killer have something in common.Keith Wright, former CID Detective Sergeant, and now author, has won multiple writing awards for his internationally renowned Inspector Stark series of crime thrillers. He is married with four children and lives in Nottingham, England.