Bøker av Christine Pattle

Two years ago, Clarke Pettis helped to convict a work colleague for murder and fraud. Now, forensic accountant Clarke, is tasked with finding out what happened to the stolen millions. Reluctantly, she visits the offender in prison. The prison visit goes badly, leaving Clarke wracked with guilt about ruining her ex-colleague's life. She vows not to visit a second time.Minutes later, Clarke's old colleague kills again, and escapes from prison. Locating the stolen money just got harder, and Clarke finds herself in serious danger when the fugitive becomes obsessed with revenge.Clarke becomes tangled up in a cat-and-mouse game as she searches for the escaped prisoner, who holds the key to the missing millions. How can she track them down before she becomes their final victim?The Payback is the third and final book in the Clarke Pettis series.

Who would murder a man that everybody likes?Forensic accountant Clarke is hired to investigate irregularities at a pharmaceutical company. But a routine job quickly turns into something far more threatening when Clarke discovers a body in the company's research laboratory. The company's employees all have their own secrets, but which of them was driven to murder? And who would murder a genuine Mr Nice Guy? No one appears to have a motive. As the financial investigation progresses, Clarke searches for a connection to the murder. Someone is trying to bring the company down but, amid escalating intimidation and threats of violence from animal rights protestors, she struggles to find the truth. As Clarke finally uncovers the murderer's identity, she realises how dangerous they really are. Time is running out. Can she save herself and the company's employees before it's too late?

A chance discovery of a fraud turns into a terrifying ordeal…Former firefighter Clarke Pettis stumbles across evidence that the company she works for is purchasing hazardous fire-doors. Clarke investigates further, but when her friend and colleague, Tammy Doncaster, goes missing, and another of the company's employees is murdered, Clarke fears the worst. Believing Tammy is dead, the police scale down the hunt for her. Clarke can't accept that, and searches for Tammy herself. As she digs deeper, someone is trying to warn her off. But is it the hunt for Tammy, or the fraud investigation that's putting her safety at risk? As Clarke tries to unravel the web of lies, she gets attacked and locked in, where no one will ever find her. She needs to escape soon, before she becomes the next victim.