Bøker av Joshua Black

I know the truth. I know what you did...Three retired men, Austin, Brian and Charles, each receive a greeting card with a bucolic painting of forget-me-not flowers on the front.But the message inside is far from tranquil. It reminds them of the terrible deed they committed twenty years ago. All this time, they thought they'd got away with it, that no one knew. But someone, somewhere, does know.And this someone is going to make them pay.The three men have not spoken since that night. But now, in fear for their lives, they meet and discuss what's to be done. Between them, they convince themselves that it's an empty threat, the work of a sadistic joker.Until Charles, on returning home, ends up dead; shot between the eyes, murdered on his own doorstep.Detective Inspector Benedict Paige is assigned to investigate Charles' death.But Austin and Brian know that unless Paige is up to the task, they'll be next...

Maybe she deserved to die...In a London park, Gayle Patterson, a former teacher, is found dead with stab wounds.Detective Inspector Benedict Paige's investigations lead to a 25-year-old called Colin. The murder weapon is recovered from Colin's garden, and, under questioning, he confesses to killing Gayle.The problem is that Colin has the mental age of a seven-year-old, casting doubt on his ability to comprehend the severity of his actions and his culpability.Colin's older brother, Roger, has his own problems with the police. Wanted for dealing with stolen goods, is he manipulating his vulnerable sibling?DI Paige discovers Roger and Gayle had been lovers. This family is clearly implicated.As a teacher, Gayle had her enemies, and it soon becomes clear that there were several individuals who had reasons to want Gayle dead. She'd lied, blackmailed and used people.Had her past caught up with her?As DI Paige delves deeper, he finds a toxic mix of bitterness, revenge and jealousy lurking beneath the surface.

You can never truly bury the past.Eighteen years ago, a baby went missing - snatched from under his parents' eyes. He was never seen again.Eighteen years ago, Ian Turner took part in a robbery. His partner-in-crime, a habitual crook called Alan Milner, hit a man and put the poor guy in a coma. Ian got himself a cast-iron alibi for that night but Alan was eventually caught and sent to prison.Now, eighteen years later, Alan Milner's out of prison - and Ian's scared.Meanwhile, the missing baby, now an adult, is still missing.A dead body is found on a canal boat, the back of his head caved in. DI Benedict Paige soon learns that the victim was a manipulative bully and a thug. No one liked him. But was he involved in the abduction of that baby? As Benedict trawls through the murky evidence, he knows the two cases are somehow entwined.But how exactly?

Revenge never tasted sweeter...A young man is found tied naked to a tree in a London park. He is alive - but only just.A young woman becomes engaged to the love of her life and receives a mysterious engagement present. Soon after, her fiancé is the victim of a vicious hit and run.A man is found drowned in Regent's Canal. Did he slip, or was he pushed?Detective Inspector Benedict Paige, investigating, soon realises that somehow these cases are linked. But how exactly? And why?Each victim had a dark secret. Each of them had an enemy prepared to kill in the name of revenge.The killer has a plan and no deterrent is strong enough - unless DI Paige can stop them before they kill again...The Poison In His Veins is the second novel in the Detective Inspector Benedict Paige series of police procedural thrillers from British crime writer, Joshua Black.

Will the killing never stop?An elderly widow is found dead in her London home, a white mouse placed inside her mouth.It falls to Detective Inspector Benedict Paige to unmask this murderer with the cruel signature. He soon finds himself drawn back to 1982 and the notorious case of the serial killer dubbed 'The White Mouse Killer'. But he was eventually caught and died behind bars.Surely, this is a case of a copycat murderer.But as Benedict uncovers a series of shocking truths, he realises the original investigation was deeply flawed.The real White Mouse Killer was never caught and, forty years on, he's killing again. DI Paige needs to catch him - before he claims his next victim.And Then She Came Back is the first novel in the DI Benedict Paige series of police procedural thrillers from British crime writer, Joshua Black. Perfect for fans of LJ Ross, Priscilla Masters, JM Dalgliesh, Joy Ellis, Rachel McLean, Jack Cartwright, DS Butler and Robert Bryndza.