Carol Wyer is a best-selling author and stand-up comedian who crafts feel-good comedies and gripping crime fiction. Her works, often featuring strong female protagonists, have garnered a substantial readership globally. Wyer excels at constructing compelling narratives and relatable characters that draw readers into the story. Her talent for blending suspense with humor and humanity has established her as a significant voice in contemporary literature.
The syndicate have taken everything from her. It's time to take them down--or die trying. DCI Kate Young never meant to shoot Superintendent John Dickson at the reservoir that night--even if, as a scheming corrupt cop and head of the shady syndicate, he probably had it coming. But now Kate has photographic evidence that someone else knows her terrible secret... Tormented by guilt and the voices of the dead, Kate is desperate to unmask the rest of the corrupt officers before her own sins catch up with her. When DI Harriet Khatri, awaiting trial for the murder of Kate's mentor, claims she was framed by Dickson's syndicate, Kate reluctantly agrees to help in the hope of finding answers. Meanwhile, DI Emma Donaldson finds herself on the hunt for a double murderer--a man who incapacitates his victims with a powerful narcotic called Devil's Breath. Desperate to measure up to her role-model boss, Emma finds herself hurled into the deep end in more ways than one... While Kate's grip on reality wavers and the syndicate closes in, and with the mystery killer taking a special interest in Emma, could this be the case that defeats both detectives?
Hat mich von Anfang an gefesselt ... Ich hing an jedem Wort und konnte den Kindle nicht aus der Hand legen ... Ich habe den Atem angehalten ... Ich habe dieses Buch geliebt, es war fantastisch ... Ich kann ganz eindeutig 5 Sterne und einen Platz in meinen Top 10 der Lieblingsbücher des Jahres vergeben. Bonnie's Book Talk, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Charlottes Baby ist in Sicherheit. Aber was ist mit ihr selbst? Als die Leiche der jungen Mutter Charlotte Brannon von ihrem Mann in ihrem Schlafzimmer entdeckt wird, ist Detective Natalie Ward als Erste am Tatort. Der Mörder hat eine Botschaft hinterlassen: das Wort >Warum? Natalie findet schnell heraus, dass der Ehemann etwas verbirgt, und sie ist sich sicher, dass auch etwas mit dem Alibi der Babysitterin nicht ganz stimmt. Doch bevor Natalie genauer nachforschen kann, wird eine weitere Mutter ermordet - und ihr kleiner Sohn starrt verzweifelt auf eine weitere Nachricht des Täters: >Wer? Es ist Natalies bisher schwierigster Fall. Gerade als sie einen entscheidenden Hinweis findet, um den Fall zu lösen, verschwinden eine weitere junge Frau und ihr Baby, und ein Mitglied ihres Teams gerät in große Gefahr. Kann Natalie diesen grausamen Killer aufhalten, bevor noch mehr Familien für immer auseinandergerissen werden? Dieses fesselnde, rasante und spannungsgeladene Buch wird dir einen Schauer über den Rücken jagen. Perfekt für Fans von Angela Marsons, Mark Dawson und Karin Slaughter. Was die Leser: innen über Das letzte Wiegenlied sagen: Absolut fantastisch ... nervenaufreibend ... hat mich vom ersten Kapitel an gepackt und ich konnte es einfach nicht aus der Hand legen. Diese Handlung hat viele Oh-mein-Gott-Momente und man rätselt bis zum Ende ... Ich kann es nicht genug empfehlen und vergebe alle Sterne. Chelle's Book Reviews, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ohhhh wow ... geniales Buch!!! Ich liebe diese Autorin einfach, sie ist eine kluge Schriftstellerin und macht es einfach so verdammt unmöglich, ein Buch wegzulegen und es macht mich sehr mürrisch, wenn ich das tun muss!!! ... großartig. Goodreads Rezensentin, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wow ... fesselt von Anfang an ... Wirklich ein ausgezeichnet geschriebenes Buch ... Ich kann das nächste kaum erwarten. ILoveReadinguk, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ D.I. Natalie Ward ist ab sofort eine neue Lieblingsermittlerin. Sie ist eine knallharte, angriffslustige Person, die sich von niemandem etwas gefallen lässt ... sie ist eine erstklassige Anführerin ... Ich glaube, ich habe gar nicht gemerkt, wie sehr ich den Atem angehalten hatte ... Um es zusammenzufassen ... kauft Das letzte Wiegenlied jetzt ... Ein Kandidat für das Buch des Jahres ... es wird schwer werden, das zu übertreffen! Ali - The Dragon Slayer, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ich habe Das letzte Wiegenlied gestern Mittag angefangen und es gestern Abend beendet. Es war unmöglich, es aus der Hand zu legen! Fish Ducky Blog, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
11 hours, 51 minutesDI Kate Young’s team is hunting for a killer. What they don’t know…is that the killer is her.DI Kate Young has known for years that her boss, Superintendent John Dickson, is a violent and evil man. But when she finally confronts him and accidentally shoots and kills him, she’s forced to cover her tracks before anyone can pin his death on her. With revelations about his corruption soon to become public knowledge, Kate sets up a trail of evidence to make it seem that Dickson has conveniently vanished…But Kate knows the corruption doesn’t end with Dickson. As she heads up the team investigating his supposed disappearance, she also pursues other loose ends. Stanka, the sex worker who supplied the evidence against Dickson, leads her to crucial information on another corrupt officer, DI Harriet Khatri, and her dubious involvement with sex traffickers.As the noose starts to tighten on Kate, she finds herself targeted by traffickers, the bent cops on her force and even her own team of detectives. Can she stay one step ahead of them all and bring Harriet to justice? Can she trust anyone around her? And can she possibly get away with murder?
Two kidnappings, thirty years apart. Can Stacey face her own dark past in order to save her stepdaughter? When Stacey's ex-husband turns up on her doorstep begging her to help save his kidnapped thirteen-year-old daughter, Lyra, the terror is all too familiar. Stacey's own violent kidnapping thirty years ago was never solved, and while a severe case of amnesia spares her from recalling the specific horrors, she remembers enough... Stacey knows her father never paid the ransom--she has the missing pinkie finger to prove it. She knows she was only saved because of an anonymous tip-off to the police. And she knows her captor was never apprehended. Lyra's kidnappers have made it clear the police must not get involved. But Stacey can't shake the eerie similarities between the two cases, and she'll use whatever she can, from her journalistic powers to her shady contacts, to save Lyra from the same nightmare. Desperate to find any link between Lyra's abduction and her own, Stacey forces herself to revisit her forgotten, traumatic past for clues. But can she make sense of the terrible secrets she unearths in time to save Lyra? And if she does, is she ready to face her own tormentor?
Nobody can get into the mind of an erratic killer--except an unpredictable detective. When a young man is found lying on a station platform with a hole in his head, DI Kate Young is called in to investigate the grisly murder. But the killing is no one-off. As bodies start to pile up, she is faced with what might be an impossible task--to hunt down a ruthless killer on a seemingly random rampage. Meanwhile, Kate has her own demons to battle as she struggles to come to terms with her husband's death. And she is hell-bent on exposing corruption within the force and bringing Superintendent John Dickson to justice. But with the trail of deception running deeper--and closer to home--than she could ever have imagined, she no longer knows who she can trust. With her grip on reality slipping, Kate realises that maybe she and the killer are not so different after all. But time is running out and Kate is low on options. Can she catch the killer before she loses everything?
DI Kate Young can't trust anybody. Not even herself. In the bleak countryside around Blithfield Reservoir, a serial murderer and rapist is leaving a trail of bloodshed. His savage calling card: the word 'MINE' carved into each of his victims. DI Kate Young struggles to get the case moving--even when one of the team's own investigators is found dead in a dumpster. But Kate is battling her own demons. Obsessed with exposing Superintendent John Dickson and convinced there's a conspiracy running deep in the force, she no longer knows who to trust. Kate's crusade has already cost her dearly. What will she lose next? When her stepsister spills a long-buried secret, Kate realises she's found the missing link--now she must prove it before the killer strikes again. With enemies closing in on all sides, she's prepared to do whatever it takes to bring them down. But time is running out, and Kate's past has pushed her to the very edge. Can she stop herself from falling?
A killer running rings around the police. A detective spiralling out of control.DI Kate Young is on leave. She’s the force’s best detective, but her bosses know she’s under pressure, on medication and overcoming trauma. So after her bad judgement call leads to a narrowly averted public disaster, they’re sure all she needs is a rest.But when Staffordshire Police summon her back to work on a murder case, it’s a harder, more suspicious Kate Young who returns. With a new ruthlessness, she sets about tracking down a clinical, calculating serial killer who is torturing victims and leaving clues to taunt the police. Spurred on by her reporter husband, Young begins to suspect that the murderer might be closer than she ever imagined.As she works to uncover the truth, Young unravels a network of secrets and lies, with even those closest to her having something to hide. But with her own competence—and her grip on reality—called into question, can she unmask the killer before they strike again?
