Detective Jemima Huxley

Detective Jemima Huxley is called out to a gruesome scene in Rhymney Valley, two men have been hanged from an old iron structure. Then Jemima hears about unexplained deaths among young people in the area. Could it all be connected?

Evil lurks beneath the surface of the beautiful Welsh village of Leighton Meadow. DI Jemima Huxley thought it was a safe place to raise her adopted ten-year-old son. But this is a village with many hidden secrets . . .

A family brutally attacked in their own home. One survivor. A troubled female detective who must uncover the truth.The call comes through on DI Jemima Huxley's day off. A family of five brutally attacked in their own home. Bradley and Sally Rathbone and their teenage niece and nephew are dead. Only fourteen-year-old Millie survives, found in a broken heap at the bottom of the stairs.It's an unlikely crime scene: a comfortable five-bedroom property in one of Cardiff's most exclusive suburbs. Jemima quickly deduces this was no random burglary gone wrong. These killings were vicious, personal - and carefully planned. But why would someone target an ordinary family going about their everyday business?With Millie in a coma and unable to help with enquiries, it's up to Jemima and her team to unmask the killer.And could they be waiting to strike again . . . ?Readers of Simon McCleave, Rachel McLean, Ann Cleeves, Helen H. Durrant, Joy Ellis, Angela Marsons, L.J. Ross, J.M. Dalgliesh, Mark Edwards and Lynda La Plante will love Gaynor Torrance's feisty and flawed protagonist DI Jemima Huxley.

Detective Jemima Huxley faces her nemesis in this gripping murder mystery.

It's Jemima's first day back at work after maternity leave. It was always going to be heart-wrenching leaving baby Finlay, but this is about to be one of the longest days of her life. Cardiff, early morning. Two men are abducted - not even ten miles apart. The first, high court judge Rory Lawson, is kidnapped on a quiet country road. From the blood in his car, it's clear he was taken by force. The second man isn't so lucky. His bound and gagged body is found in the middle of the motorway. In a case where nothing is as it seems, the one thing Jemima knows is that she must find the link between the two men. But the clock is ticking. Because time is about to run out for the missing judge . . .

An isolated manor house. Shallow woodland graves. A troubled female detective facing the biggest case of her career.The call comes early in the morning. David and Helen Tremaine have discovered a body buried in the grounds of their large Victorian manor house, Llys Faen Hall, just north of Cardiff.DI Jemima Huxley and her partner, DS Dan Broadbent, race to the scene to discover that a second body has been unearthed in a shallow woodland grave. And the forensic team working the site believe this is just the start.Jemima knows this is the biggest case of her career. But it couldn't have come at a worse time. Struggling to get pregnant, she is a woman on the edge, a woman who self-harms just to make it through the day. And with no one reported missing, no apparent motive and no obvious suspect, the investigation is anything but straightforward.Eight graves. Eight dead women. All with pomegranate seeds placed inside their mouths.When Jemima makes an unexpected breakthrough, she enters a desperate race against time to prevent more women dying.Readers of Simon McCleave, Rachel McLean, Ann Cleeves, Helen H. Durrant, Joy Ellis, Angela Marsons, L.J. Ross, J.M. Dalgliesh, Mark Edwards and Lynda La Plante will love Gaynor Torrance's feisty and flawed protagonist DI Jemima Huxley.

A serial killer thriller which will appeal to fans of Val McDermid, Mark Billingham, and James Patterson. When mutilated corpses are discovered in an exclusive city suburb it falls to Detective Inspector Jemima Huxley to find the killer before they have a chance to kill again. On a personal level the case could not have come at a worse time as Huxley's world is falling apart, and she is at an all-time low, self-harming just to feel in control of things. In this, the biggest case of her career, she struggles to focus on the facts and keep her emotions in check. Exhausted, disillusioned and at odds with some of her team, she begins to question her own judgement, as she comes to believe the victims have been selected to implicate an innocent person. The investigation leads Huxley to uncover shocking secrets, so well hidden within middle-class suburbia that even those closest to the truth are unaware of the full extent of the deception or danger they face. When Huxley finally realises who is responsible for the deaths it becomes a race against time to save the next victim.

DCI Kenny Murrain sees, hears and feels things that others do not. It's a gift but also a curse. When he wakes to the phantom sound of screaming he knows a murder has been committed but not where or why. Then a woman's body is found in a Stockport hotel room. It's a murder that seems both frenzied and carefully planned, the scene expertly cleansed of any evidence. Over the following days, more bodies are discovered, first in an upmarket spa on the Pennine moors, then in a run-down budget hotel on the outskirts of Manchester. The same frenzied attacks, the same meticulous planning. The same killer. The victims all have links to one man, a police colleague with a dark past. But Murrain discovers a more unexpected connection-with Marie Donovan, a former undercover officer now part of Murrain's own team. As the killer closes in on a fourth victim, Murrain knows that time is running out. But the outcome will be more unexpected and more terrifying than even he can imagine... Praise for Alex Walters '...An original page turner with a deftly executed mystery that kept me guessing' - Leigh Russell 'A talent to be reckoned with ... A strong story line, muscular prose and a real sense of pace...a police procedural for a new age' - Daily Mail '...Right up there with the best police procedural thrillers of the last few years. Expect to hear much more of Walters in the future.' - Mark Timlin 'Walters [shows]...nail-biting skill....It's a complex book, but compulsive reading...' - The Independent 'An intriguing police procedural, with a formidable sleuth...' -The Sunday Telegraph '...A suspenseful mystery full of misdirection and terror.' - Publishers Weekly 'A blend of pulse-pounding police procedural and horror-nuanced suspense...' - Chicago Tribune