The Caerphilly Mountain Killings A Gripping Murder Mystery

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

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.

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.

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 . . .

Suspicious lights at sea, decomposing bodies and an old flame send DI Andy Horton down a rabbit hole in this captivating crime thriller.

"Detective Ruth Hunter’s ongoing quest for her missing partner has taken a dramatic twist as she continues to live her life away from London in Snowdonia. When a popular rugby coach is brutally murdered, and a young woman vanishes, Ruth must examine the secret lives of a local community in shock. As Ruth, and her sidekick DS Nick Evans, begin to uncover a confusing mesh of dark deception, she realises that the answer might lie in the victim’s own clandestine life. However, every time Ruth thinks she has the killer in her sights the case turns to implicate another suspect." --

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Hard-hitting and realistic-feeling story. Frightening. Really enjoyed it." Aileen A TOTALLY GRIPPING CRIME MYSTERY FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANICE FROST. At a busy crossing in Lincoln city centre a motorbike skids to a halt. A man in leathers jumps off the bike and grabs a young girl waiting at the lights. He pushes her roughly aside, remounts the bike, and roars away. The girl falls to the ground. She's been stabbed. Special Constable Jane Bell witnesses the whole thing. She cradles the dying girl and hears the last word on her lips: the name of a missing local boy, a twelve-year-old called Nate Price. DI Steph Warwick is also looking for Nate. Jane had hoped their paths would never cross again . . . Now they need to work together to find Nate before he too is executed in broad daylight. This unputdownable mystery full of twists is the perfect read for fans of: Angela Marsons, Joy Ellis, Ruth Rendell, Helen H. Durrant, Rachel McLean and Michael Hambling. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT MURDER ACROSS THE LINES: "This book has opened my eyes . . . I feel like I have lived in a bubble living in the mountains in a small town." Chelsea A. "Well-written, twists and turns aplenty and with a credible cast of characters but with a vicious, intense and emotional storyline." Ruth G. "A decent follow-up with the return and growth of several characters." Donna B. MEET THE DETECTIVES SPC Jane Bell is forty-five, a widow of three years following the premature death of her husband, Sam. She has two grown-up children, Patrick and Norah, who are pursuing careers in London. After Sam's death, Jane makes some changes to her life. She downsizes from their large family home in the country to a cottage in Lincoln. DI Stephanie Warwick is thirty-five. She left school at eighteen and worked in a bank before joining the police force. She is haunted by her ex-boyfriend, Cal. He attempted to kill her twelve years ago, and murdered her best friend. ALSO BY JANICE FROST WARWICK & BELL SERIES Book 1: MURDER AMONG FRIENDS Book 2: MURDER ACROSS THE LINES THE COMPLETE MERRY & NEAL MYSTERIES Book 1: DEAD SECRET Book 2: DARK SECRET Book 3: HER HUSBAND'S SECRET Book 4: THEIR FATAL SECRETS Book 5: DIRTY SECRETS Book 6: MURDEROUS SECRETS STANDALONE NOVELS THE WOMAN ON THE CLIFF