Brennan and Esposito

This killer wants a baby. And they’ll do anything to get one. DI Phil Brennan of Colchester Major Crime has seen his share of horrors. But this crime scene will haunt him forever. Heavily pregnant Claire Fielding lies dead on her bed, brutally butchered in her own flat. Her stomach gapes open...

‘A guaranteed thrill-ride.’ SARAH PINBOROUGH ‘If Tania Carver doesn’t creep you out, you should seek professional help.’ VAL McDERMID This killer will stop at nothing to get under his victim’s skin. And his pitch-dark motive will shock you to the bone. Suzanne Perry thinks she’s...

‘An utterly terrifying, yet believable chiller.’ Daily Mirror To open this cage is to unleash a monster . . . Detective Phil Brennan is called to a derelict house on the edge of Colchester. The place looks empty. But someone still visits after dark. Detective Phil treads the rotten stairs...

‘Definitely a white-knuckle read.’ Guardian She survived the fire. But the nightmare’s only just beginning. Marina Esposito wakes on a gravel path, dazed, bruised — and alone. Behind her, the cottage is burning. Inside: her husband, Detective Phil Brennan, unconscious. Her father-in-law...

From the outside, the house was unremarkable. Just one of many on an ordinary, suburban estate. But inside was a different matter. With pink ribbons and pink walls, stuffed toy animals everywhere and a dining table laid out for a tea party, it was a doll's house. The doll was sitting at the...

Darren Richards opened his eyes to find himself duct-taped to a chair with a crossbow pointing at him. Behind the crossbow is a hooded figure wearing a black-faced, round-eyed gas mask. The figure tells him what Darren knows: that he stole a car, drove it recklessly while under the influence of...

WARNING: This twisted thriller from a Sunday Times bestselling author cuts dangerously close to the bone. Are you ready to start the scariest book you’ll ever listen to? Darren Richards wakes to find himself duct-taped to a chair, a crossbow pointing straight at him. At his side, there’s a...

After years of abuse, Gemma Adderley has finally found the courage to leave her violent husband. She has taken one debilitating beating too many, endured one esteem-destroying insult too much. Taking her seven-year-old daughter Carly, she leaves the house, determined to salvage what she can of...

Prepare to be terrified by the Bone Thief: a twisted killer who’s out to steal hearts. In every sense. Gemma Adderley is finally ready to leave her husband, after years of suffering and abuse. She slips out the door and into the night, hand in hand with her seven-year-old daughter Carly...

When three men are found hanged in locations around Colchester, Detective Inspector Phil Brennan gets the shock of his life. Not only are the victims dressed to look like him, but each carries a defaced tarot card in the pocket of their identical leather jackets, scrawled across with one name...