Paul Finch

The Sunday Times bestseller returns with the second book in the PC Lucy Clayburn series - a must for all fans of 'Happy Valley' and 'M.J. Arlidge'. As a female cop walking the mean streets of Manchester, life can be tough for PC Lucy Clayburn. But when one of the North West's toughest gangsters is your father, things can be particularly difficult. When Lucy's patch is gripped by a spate of murder-robberies, the police are quick to action. Yet when...

John Sagan is a forgettable man. You could pass him in the street and not realise he's there. But then, that's why he's so dangerous. A torturer for hire, Sagan has terrorised - and mutilated - countless victims. And now he's on the move. DS Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg must chase the trail, even when it leads him to his hometown of Bradburn - a place he never thought he'd set foot in again. But Sagan isn't the only problem. Bradburn is being terrorised...

Across the south of England, a series of bizarre but fatal accidents are taking place. A local businessman is burnt alive in his car, two thieves are bitten to death by poisonous spiders, and a driver is impaled through the chest with scaffolding. Accidents do happen but as the body count rises Detective Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg suspects that there is something far more sinister at play. Who is hunting these people down and can he stop the killer before...

As a brutal winter takes hold of the Lake District, a prolific serial killer stalks the fells. The Stranger has returned and for DS Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg, the signs are all too familiar. Last seen on Dartmoor 10 years earlier, The Stranger murdered his victims in vicious, cold-blooded attacks - and when two young women go missing, Heck fears the worst. As The Stranger lays siege to a remote community, Heck watches helplessly as the killer plays his...