Bøker av T. M. Payne

A missing woman. A gruesome delivery. A terrifying discovery. Where is Caroline Crow?"Just when you think Payne is at the top of her game, she pulls this out of the bag."--Graham BartlettAll has been quiet in Liverpool, suspiciously quiet...So, when a frantic 999 call comes into Hale Street Police Station reporting a missing woman, it seems like there's work to do. Except for DI Sheridan Holler there are questions. Why did Caroline Crow take her purse, suitcase and even tell friends she was going away? There's no reason to suspect foul play...until a severed, burned hand is delivered to another address.With no hard evidence linking the two cases, Holler's gut is telling her that all is not as it seems and if she's right, time is running out to find Caroline alive.As DI Holler attempts to weed out the truth from the lies, will this be one puzzle that runs out the clock? Or can Holler and her team fit the pieces together before it's too late?

Six Short Stories...One Meaningful Message...Some things are better left unsaid...Get all 6 stories involving Salem, Bella, Jinx, and Enzo.4 Shifters, 4 Best Friends, 4 Fated Mates.Fighting life's demons. Secrets #1 The Beginning #2Life At Last #3A Holiday to Remember #4Bella's Valentine's Surprise #5Hallowed Hell #6

The secret is about to unfold, and lots of lives are in its wake... For years she's been called to the sea, to become one with its depths, to face the Shark that is fated for her soul... Olivia grew up knowing she was loved by her parents and grandmother, the one thing that she just doesn't understand, why did they hide things from her? Essential things, things that are going to change her life.Everyone in her hometown of Virginia Beach knows things, have seen things that are not real to some, and yet no one told her of any of it? Why?

"True fans of Val McDermid will love Payne's writing." --A. J. WestA cold case that's no longer cold. A suspect who's been murdered. A silenced witness.DI Sheridan Holler is used to solving crimes on Liverpool's streets, but after a decayed corpse turns up in a cemetery, she finds herself reopening not one but two cold cases. Seven years earlier, two women were gunned down and the only suspect, small-time drug dealer John Lively, was never seen again. Case closed. Until the body in the cemetery is identified as his.Holler needs to work out if Lively was killed out of revenge for the murders, or was just a victim of the criminal world he inhabited. When shocking evidence is revealed about the murder weapon, Holler's cold case starts to look hopeless once more.But defeat is not an option. Driven by the unsolved and traumatic murder of her brother when they were children, DI Holler's pursuit of justice is relentless. As old wounds are reopened, the police close in on the women's killer, but the threat of them striking again is all too real. Can DI Holler put the pieces of the puzzle together before anyone else winds up dead?