Bøker av Damien Boyd

An innocent man framed. A case closed. A serial killer free to kill again.It is 1985. Detective Inspector Mungo 'Bob' Willis is being forced out of Avon and Somerset Police on medical grounds. His career is in tatters, his body broken, his mind shattered, and his partner--DS Lizzie Harper--dead in a sting operation gone wrong.Their last case is closed, but Bob is convinced an innocent man has been framed, leaving a serial killer cruising the A303 with impunity, free to target lone women who have broken down by the roadside late at night.The killer knows the police aren't looking for anyone else in connection with the murders. What they don't know is what Bob will do next.And when another woman is killed in horrifyingly similar circumstances, Bob launches his own--unofficial--investigation. Can he stop a sadistic killer before they kill again? And again...

Long lives are being cut short in this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series.A retired teacher is found dead in her Somerset home on a cold January night. At first glance, it is a routine unexplained death and a simple referral to the coroner, until a neighbour reports an unscheduled visit from an occupational therapist an hour before the body was discovered.Detective Chief Inspector Nick Dixon is convinced the elderly woman has been strangled--a cause of death confirmed by the pathologist--and a murder investigation is launched.More victims are soon found--a second retired teacher who died in eerily similar circumstances in Devon. Then a possible third victim is exhumed in Dorset.Leading a regional task force, Dixon must find the connection between the victims. As the coincidences mount, he begins to fear he has stumbled on something premeditated and deeply sinister--a serial killer targeting the elderly in their own homes.

Carnival season is off to an explosive start in this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series.Detective Chief Inspector Nick Dixon arrives late for Bridgwater's winter carnival. He's come to see the squibbing, the traditional firework display that brings the town's November festivities to a dramatic close. But when the squib of Avalon Carnival Club president Richard Webb is lit, it explodes, engulfing him in flames.Dixon knows he's just witnessed a killer making a very public statement. And he can't help feeling it's only the beginning.After his suspicions are confirmed at the Burnham-on-Sea carnival forty-eight hours later, the race is on to find the killer before the next event in a nearby town.Can Dixon stop the killings before any more lives are lost? And can he do it with police Professional Standards investigators breathing down his neck?

In this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series, a brutal murder looks like a gangland execution... until the next body is found.Newly promoted DCI Nick Dixon is stuck behind a desk when the peace of the Somerset countryside is shattered by a spate of sheep killings. Dixon recognises a sinister pattern: the animals have all been slaughtered with a crossbow, the power increasing with each kill. It seems whoever is responsible is practising, but for what?Then the owner of a yacht that capsized on a suspected drug run is found dead, pinned to a tree by four crossbow bolts. Convinced that the killing is a gangland execution, the organised crime unit take over the investigation.Dixon is sure the motive lies elsewhere, but is forced to watch from the sidelines--until another body is found.Leading a major investigation team at Avon and Somerset Police headquarters, and with internal politics threatening to thwart him at every turn, Dixon must find the murderer before he kills again. And again...

Somerset's bloody past meets a dangerous present in this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series.When a badly decomposed body is discovered during an archaeological dig on the Sedgemoor battlefield, Avon and Somerset police are notified immediately. The remains are recent, and Detective Chief Inspector Peter Lewis knows exactly who they have found.A single stab wound from a curved blade implicates convicted serial killer Daniel Parker, who Lewis arrested fifteen years ago.With Parker's appeal hearing imminent, Lewis comes under intense pressure to pin this new murder on him quickly and quietly. It's an open and shut case--and Lewis should know--so why then does he insist on assigning it to DI Nick Dixon?As Dixon starts to re-examine the original investigation, shocking revelations come in from the forensics team. And just as Dixon's worst fears begin to surface, another body is found...