This crime fiction series delves into the investigations of a sharp and determined detective based in a bustling English port city. Each installment unravels intricate plots, exposing hidden secrets and the complex dynamics within the local community. With a blend of atmospheric settings and compelling characters, the stories offer a gripping exploration of justice and morality. It's an ideal read for those who appreciate well-crafted police procedurals with a strong sense of place.
DS Aector McAvoy is a man with a troubled past. His unwavering belief in justice has made him an outsider in the police force he serves. When three seemingly unconnected people are brutally murdered in the weeks before Christmas, the police must work quickly to stop more deaths. It is only McAvoy who can see the connection between the victims. A killer is playing God - and McAvoy must find a way to stop the deadly game.
La Unidad de Delitos Graves y Crimen Organizado está investigando los brutales ataques contra los productores de cannabis vietnamitas a manos de una nueva banda rival. Mientras, el detective McAvoy sigue su instinto y está ocupado con el aparente suicidio de Simon Appleyard, un joven habitual de las fiestas sexuales junto con su mejor amiga, Suzie Devlin. McAvoy cree que ella puede ser el próximo objetivo de un asesino y que sus peculiares tatuajes son la pista. Pero empiezan a aparecer más cadáveres y todos conectados con las webs de encuentros sexuales y los clubs nocturnos de la zona. McAvoy comienza a sospechar que el asesinato de Simon es solo la punta del iceberg, y poco a poco la investigación lo lleva a acercarse peligrosamentea la élite política local, gente poderosa que mataría por mantener ocultos sus secretos y con las conexiones suficientes como para arruinar su carrera.
The second instalment in the acclaimed Hull-based DS Aector McAvoy series and the follow up to the Sunday Times bestselling Dark Winter.
No good deed goes unpunished in this third thrilling instalment in the acclaimed Hull-based DS Aector McAvoy series.
Book four in the Hull-based crime series, Taking Pity takes detectives McAvoy, Ray and Pharaoh on their most dangerous case to date.
"One girl's missing. One girl's dead. A stunning new novel from one of Britain's most original crime writers, Dead Pretty finds Detective Sergeant McAvoy and his boss Trish Pharaoh grappling with vigilante killers, unsolved murders, and several twists to keep them--and readers--guessing along the way. Nine months have passed since the disappearance of Hannah Kelly, and Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy is failing to convince himself that she is just a missing girl and not a murder victim. As he visits the spot where she was last seen, turning the case over in his head, McAvoy receives a phone call: another girl has been found dead. As McAvoy looks for connections between the two cases, his boss Trish Pharaoh is preoccupied with troubles of her own. Reuben Hollow--a man convicted of murder with the help of perjured testimony from the Humberside Police--has just been released from prison after a high-profile wrongful conviction suit, putting Pharaoh's reputation and life in danger. Gritty, dark, and endlessly entertaining, David Mark's Dead Pretty is a satisfying, thought-provoking addition to the Detective Sergeant McAvoy series"--
The latest installment in David Mark's internationally acclaimed Detective Sergeant McAvoy series, Cruel Mercy is McAvoy's first adventure on American soil. In the New York Police Department's 7th Precinct on the Lower East Side, Detective Ronny Alto is investigating a crime that's left one man dead and the other in a medically induced coma after surviving a shot to the head. One hope is that Brishen Ayres, a boxing coach and legend in the gypsy community in England, will wake up and reveal the person--or people--responsible for the murder of his protege Shay Helden and his own mutilation. Another hope is Detective Sergeant McAvoy. Far away from his home in the U.K., from his familiar Hull, and from the guidance of his boss Trish Pharaoh, McAvoy is flown in to assist with the case, but he has his own motives for the trip: find a man named Valentine Teague--another amateur boxer, a rival of the Helden family, and, perhaps most important, his brother-in-law. But every step toward locating Valentine is a step deeper into a sinister underground network of misguided loyalty, faith, and honour that pulses beneath the streets of New York. The latest installment of the Detective Sergeant McAvoy novels, and the first to be set in the United States, Cruel Mercy finds Hull's most enigmatic detective treading unfamiliar ground in this wicked stateside thriller
A murder and a missing person case puts McAvoy on the track of a man whose desire for revenge is unstoppable - but who may not be the worst criminal involved.
The new novel in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Hull-based DS McAvoy crime series.
