Nick Oldham Books

George never meant to kill the thief - he was just defending his shop from the jacked up kids trying to rob him. Break the kid's jaw maybe, but not kill him. Later the doorbell rings and in revenge the gang swarm into George's house, beat him senseless, rape his wife, tie them up and set fire to them. It isn't long before Jimmy Vickers, George's son, is on the trail of the gang who murdered his parents, exacting his own kind of chillingly brutal justice. Jimmy is an interrogation specialist for the military in Afghanistan who knows more than he should. With the police closing in and his own regiment also determined to stop him, the body count mounts up. Jimmy creates a media frenzy - London's first vigilante of the 21st Century - but will his devastating course of action spell the end for the woman he loves?

"Some wounds never heal ... Henry Christie has never forgotten the day he was brutally assaulted as a young constable while chasing a teenage shoplifter down a Blackpool alley. Tommy Benemy went missing soon after his arrest, but although Henry promised Tommy's mother he'd keep an eye on the case, her son was never found. Now retired, Henry reluctantly agrees to join the Cold Case Unit as a civilian investigator, teaming up with the volatile DS Debbie Blackstone, who's carrying scars of her own. When an old case leads them to a serial rapist, and a gruesome scene takes Henry back to his old promise - and failure, the pair find themselves confronting their demons as they unearth a deadly criminal conspiracy spanning decades, and chilling secrets desperate individuals will go to any lengths to keep hidden."--Provided by publisher

The Mafia have a point to make - Detective Inspector Henry Christie may have been suspended from duty but he cant resist taking on a private investigation some very nice prize horses savagely mutilated. When the horses owner is targeted by a hit man, Christie survives by the skin of his teeth. Christie may be tough but he finds that hes up against not just one of the most efficient hit men in the business but the Mafia itself.

"A plot packed with high-octane action and gut-churning violence. . . the perfect book for anyone who thinks there's nothing to read between Michael Connelly novels" Booklist Starred Review Introducing tough-as-nails former Royal Marine, ex-cop and sportfishing skipper Steve Flynn in the first of a brand-new series of exciting action thrillers. When he is accused of murdering his boss, sportfishing captain Steve Flynn finds that his idyllic life in the Canary Islands has suddenly lost its charm. Arrested by a tenacious - and corrupt - Spanish detective, Flynn knows he is facing a grim future unless he can somehow prove his innocence. Matters take a turn for the worse however when Flynn's ex-girlfriend is kidnapped and her life used as a bargaining chip. The only way Flynn can save her is to pull out all the stops, re-hone his old policing and military skills, and put himself in the firing line against a murderous gang for whom violent death is a way of life.

When a cop and a suspected murderer are killed in separate but related incidents, Henry Christie's professional judgement is called into question and he is under pressure to accept early retirement. But he's determined to keep searching for a killer. When a young woman is subsequently abducted, Henry uncovers terrible secrets.

Former Royal Marine, ex-cop and sportfishing skipper Steve Flynn finds that his is the last name on a dead man's hitlist in this fast-paced action thriller. A man with too much time on his hands and vengeance on his mind can be extremely dangerous - as Steve Flynn is about to find out. Spending an idyllic summer running pleasure cruises for holidaymakers on the island of Ibiza, Flynn stumbles across a botched armed robbery in progress. He is hardwired to intervene - but in so doing he uncovers something that tells him he might just be a target himself. At first Flynn is unconcerned, but as some of his former police colleagues and friends begin to die in horrifically brutal ways, he realizes that a hitlist exists, that his is the last name on it . . . and that a dead man is out for revenge.

The possibility of catching a serial killer is the bait used by Detective Superintendent Henry Christie’s chief constable to lure him away from his planned Christmas festivities. Henry could have said no – but if there’s one thing he can’t refuse, it’s the chance to bring a murderer to book. In his thirty years with the Lancashire constabulary, Henry Christie has never known a case like this. What he couldn’t anticipate was that he would be stretched to the limit both personally and professionally. Unexpectedly stepping into a blood-soaked turf war raging between two local crime families, Henry soon finds himself slap-bang in the middle of a violent situation where his own life is also on the line.

Wanted for murder, ex-cop Steve Flynn is on the run, alone and without resources, driven only by a burning desire to avenge himself on the men who murdered his girlfriend. But he's up against a powerful enemy in Viktor Bashkim, head of a violent Mafia gang with a disturbingly long reach.

After stepping back from his civilian investigator role with Lancashire police, Henry Christie is drawn into investigating two vicious murders in the local village - and the villagers' wartime secrets, including an unsolved murder eighty years ago. Can he uncover the truth behind the killings and resolve a dark question in Kendleton's history?