Matthew Frank Books

EXTRAVAGANT WEALTH. HIGH ART. MURDER. PRE-ORDER THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM MATTHEW FRANK NOW 'Tense and twisty . . . completely gripping. I ignored children, a ringing phone, hunger, everything just to devour the last hundred pages' - KAREN PERRY, Sunday Times bestselling author of Your Closest Friend -- Lucinda Drummond, art history expert, was beautiful, clever, successful and loved. When she is found at the bottom of her museum's Tulip Staircase during the pinnacle event of her career, people are as shocked as they are suspicious. Who could have wanted her dead? Detectives Joe Stark and Fran Millhaven are quick on the case, leading them into a world of high art and extravagant wealth that proves far more twisted than they could have imagined. As the bodies begin to mount, and the case grows ever more complex, Stark and Fran must race discover the perpetrator - before the next victim falls . . . --- PRAISE FOR MATTHEW FRANK: 'A clever compelling spiderweb of a plot ' JANE CORRY, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife 'Seriously good . . . a tightly plotted thrilling page turner of a book' JAMES OSWALD, author of the Inspector McLean series

"For Joseph Stark, the Met investigation team's newest detective, death is already all too familiar. Wounded in an attack that killed his comrades, Stark has been haunted by nightmares since his return from the Afghan frontline. Just trying to recover would be struggle enough, but Stark also has to deal with the rigours of a murder investigation while navigating the rivalries and loyalties of his new department. And in a case where nothing is quite what it seems, Stark soon begins to understand what lies at the rotten heart of the killings and realises just what is at stake. But with his own strength fading, this ex-soldier's determination to see justice done may not be enough to carry him through..."- Publishers description.

Pre-order the gripping and masterfully-crafted new thriller from award-winning author Matthew Frank Tense and twisty . . . completely gripping. I ignored children, a ringing phone, hunger, everything just to devour the last hundred pages - Karen Perry, Sunday Times bestselling author of Your Closest Friend Julian Sinclair is a serial killer - charming, manipulative, deadly. He hunted girls for sport, and it's high time justice was served. But when Sinclair's conviction is thrown out in court, DC Joseph Stark and DS Fran Millhaven find themselves forced to protect the man they're sure is guilty from those who would see him pay in blood. Then another girl dies. And Sinclair can't have killed her from his hospital bed. Is a killer lurking inside someone they never suspected? And have they had the wrong man all along? _________ A clever compelling spiderweb of a plot- Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife 'A gripping, pacy read with a one more chapter compulsiveness.' - Laura Marshall, bestselling author of Friend Request Seriously good . . . a tightly plotted thrilling page turner of a book - James Oswald, author of the Inspector McLean series Matthew Frank is a master at juggling light and darkness ... while serving up satisfying plots with plenty of twists - Sarah Hilary, award-winning author of the Marnie Rome series Nail-bitingly tense - Susi Holliday, author of The Last Resort

"The sequel to If I Should Die, winner of the Waverton Good Read Award Now a freshly-minted DC, war-hero-turned-copper Joseph Stark is called to the scene of a double murder. The husband and wife victims were shot dead in their own home. It looks like a tragic burglary gone wrong. But Stark has a creeping feeling that the killings might be something more chilling. And when new evidence points to a twenty-year-old cold case the hunt is on . . ."