Bøker av Jack Swift

Hailey Pittman suffers a violent and premature death. Her husband, Owen, discovers that Hailey was having an affair. Detective Sergeant Holly Jones thinks she knows what happened to Hailey. The Detective disagrees with those that say the circumstances of the death of Hailey were mysterious. Detective Sergeant Holly Jones, though, remains curious and wants to know much more about Owen. Secrets are uncovered but not only about Hailey. The mother of Owen and his brother have their own stories to tell.After Owen throws the funeral ashes of Hailey over a stone circle in the Lake District, odd and disturbing events soon occur inside his home. An unexpected ally helps Owen face what or who is now inside his home and creating chaos. Before Owen can prevail and return to the stone circle for revelation he or someone will have to decide just how much he needs to know about the past, his family and himself.

Mavis, Mike, George and Dave are scavengers. They search English towns that were abandoned after the mysterious apocalypse that created the cannibalistic slow lumps. Food and petrol are scarce. On a desperate raid Mike and Dave discover Jen in a toilet in the ruined seaside town of Southport. Jen joins the group. She suggests the scavengers travel to an Army Camp in Northumberland that is run bt her husband.Scavengers are barred from Army Camps but their desperate existence and the prospect of rewards from the grateful husband persuade Mavis and the group to head across country. The English uplands, though, are controlled by violent bandits, and there is always the risk of an attack from the infected slow lumps. There will also be sinister surprises.

Nik is a recovering junkie with some heavy baggage. When sober life fails to inspire, he trades in his 9 to 5 for the open road. Armed with a gun and the perfect mixtape, he's out to settle some scores. But revenge is more complicated than he expected. For one thing, his car is haunted. Plus his 12 Step sponsor keeps calling him, and it's getting hard to keep his lies straight. Then a monster bag of heroin practically falls into his lap, which Nik finds... distracting. Worst of all, his targets don't even have the grace to be straight-up monsters. It's a lot to deal with-- especially when, between the flashbacks and the nightmares, Nik can hardly tell the past from the present...

'This has knocked the wind out of me.''Don't come up to Leeds as a vampire. I won't let you in the house.' Dot has three jobs, a fragile daughter Sarah and a judgemental mother Binnie. Her ex-husband Tom is murdered, and Adam a colleague disappears mysteriously. This means more much needed money for Dot. But the police are interested in Dot and what happened to the two men. Dot meets Chris a handsome young man. Chris wants to know what has happened to Adam. Binnie notices that Chris is a little strange. She buys garlic and a crucifix. Dot, though, will need more than old superstitions to avoid destruction and dangerous seduction.'A marvellous slow burn and very different vampire tale.' Crime Chronicles

Campaigning journalist Rose Pemberton has discovered that in Scotland the Government has commissioned a private company to develop something sinister and secret. Rose is murdered, and Tim, her husband, is the framed suspect. Tim heads to Scotland hoping to reveal the secret that will prove his innocence. While he is pursued by the police and Army there are mysterious deaths and the Government declares an emergency. In Scotland Tim meets his pursuers, and they all discover that the world has a terrible future. 'The best British zombie novel ever 'Undead Underneath' manages to satisfy zombie fans and be very different.' Crime Chronicles.