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Substantial Threat
Nick Oldham
Crime fiction has just got much, much too real for comfort...
Ray Cragg is one of the country's biggest gangsters, dealing in drugs, prostitution and illegal immigrants. The cops are desperate to nail him. When Marty, Cragg's brother and side-kick, ends up with his face blown off having been sent by Cragg to "whack" one of Cragg's henchman, DI Henry Christie gets sucked in to the world of ultra-organized crime which knows no boundaries...
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Publication Date: 1 Feb 2013
ISBN: 9781448300792
Price: £7.99
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Extent: 256 pages
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Publication Date: 1 Feb 2013
ISBN: 9781448300792
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Wildfire
Henry Christie is drawn out of retirement by a brutal killer and must confront old foes in this breathless thriller.
Henry Christie is enjoying a quiet retirement, until a devastating moorland fire erupts nearby. After making a grisly discovery at an outlying farm, Henry agrees to help the police with their investigation. He is soon confronting an explosive mix of organized crime and drug turf wars which leads him back to his old hunting ground in Blackpool.
Bad Cops
Two seemingly unconnected murders lead DCI Henry Christie to uncover a terrifying conspiracy in this gritty police procedural.
Two murders, apparently unconnected: one victim shot dead in his office, the other brutally stabbed in what appears to be a road rage incident. Neither case solved. Six months later, DCI Henry Christie is asked to carry out an urgent review of the two killings. His investigations will plunge him into a terrifying world of murder and corruption.
Headhunter
Accused of murder, former marine and disgraced ex-cop Steve Flynn is on the run - and on the hunt ...
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.
Bad Blood
Henry Christie foils the kidnap attempt on his fiancée's daughter and realises his family are the targets of a killer. But who and why? Henry also witnesses a murder and unwittingly steps into the conspiracy. Pursued by assassins, Henry must defend himself against a killer who will stop at nothing to take back what he believes is rightfully his.
Ambush
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.
Steve Flynn's idyllic summer in Ibiza running pleasure cruises for holidaymakers is curtailed when some of his former police colleagues and friends begin to die in horrifically brutal ways. Flynn discovers that a hitlist exists, that his is the last name on it - and that a dead man is out for revenge.
Onslaught
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 lost its charm. Then his ex-girlfriend is kidnapped. To save her, Flynn must re-hone his old policing and military skills, and put himself in the firing line against a gang for whom violent death is a way of life.
Unforgiving
The latest compelling police procedural featuring Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Christie.
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.
Edge
The latest gripping police procedural featuring Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Christie.
When a gruesome turn of fate spins Henry Christie into a collision course with Charlie Wilder, newly released from prison, he finds himself pitted against one of the most brutal and dangerous individuals he has met in over thirty years as a cop. The only way to beat Wilder is by meeting him head-on and taking him right to the very edge.
Low Profile
A gripping police procedural featuring Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Christie.
When Henry Christie stumbles across a gangland-style execution in progress, only just escaping with his life, he starts to unravel links that will ultimately pit him against cold-blooded killers who will stop at nothing to achieve their aims - including murdering a cop and his reluctant sidekick.
Judgement Call
When a rapist walks free, a gang of armed robbers hits town and a prisoner escapes, Henry Christie's police career is on the line.
It's 1982, and Henry Christie is a young cop with a point to prove and an attitude to control. When a series of rash decisions results in disaster, Henry determines to put things right his own way, despite being warned off by his detective inspector. But his impetuous actions lead to more conflict - and a very real threat to his own life.
Bad Tidings
Three murders - each a year apart. Each victim kidnapped on Christmas Eve, their brutalized bodies found a week later; each killed by two bullets to the brain, their mouths stuffed with chicken feathers.
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 his limit. 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.
Dead Heat
Detective Inspector Henry Christie has been suspended from duty.
Henry's spending quality time with his family, but at heart he's bored. So when the attractive and wealthy mother of one of his daughter's horse-riding friends asks him to investigate the bizarre mutilation of some of the family's bloodstock, Christie agrees. As Henry starts to ask some probing questions he finds himself caught up in a web of corruption and intrigue much wider and more complex than anything he had envisaged...
Big City Jacks
A DCI Henry Christie mystery.
When the brutally murdered body of a Manchester drug dealer is found dumped just inside the Lancashire border, it turns out that the dead man had been a CID informant working for a small nucleus of corrupt detectives. Thrust into the investigation of the drug dealer's death is DCI Henry Christie, recently returned to work after a period of suspension. Hoping for a gentle re-entry into the job, Christie is instead plunged headlong into a complex murder investigation which has far-reaching consequences for the police service...
Backlash
A DI Henry Christie mystery.
Transferred from CID to uniform duties, Inspector Henry Christie is back at the sharp end of policing and he's not happy about it - especially when a brutal murder, apparently the work of a serial killer, takes place on his patch...
Fighting for the Dead
An apparently straightforward case turns into something far more sinister for Detective Superintendent Henry Christie.
Detective Superintendent Henry Christie is in the middle of a case involving the horrific murder of a teenage girl when he is called in to investigate the drowning of Jennifer Sunderland, wife of local businessman Harry Sunderland. Henry's curiosity is soon aroused when things don't add up - and when a gun is pointed at his head by a masked man. As Henry starts to dig a simple case of drowning turns into a complex web of deceit, theft, murder and a criminal conspiracy stretching all the way from the UK to Eastern Europe.
Instinct
A thrilling Detective Superintendent Henry Christie novel.
Grieving after a huge personal tragedy, Detective Superintendent Henry Christie is trying to pull his life back together and thinking seriously about retirement - after all, he's got the time in and he'd have a good life and decent pension. But all thoughts of a peaceful dotage are shattered when the phone rings in the early hours, and he is called out to investigate the brutal rape and murder of a teenage girl.
Facing Justice
A Detective Superintendent Henry Christie novel.
When DS Henry Christie sets off on a short winter break with his old friend FBI agent Karl Donaldson, he expects a pleasant hike through the countryside followed by an overnight stop in a picturesque village. But the hike turns into a fight for survival in the worst snowstorm for thirty years. And things only get worse when they stumble, exhausted and injured, into the village pub, only to find themselves in the middle of a blood-soaked stand-off between gangsters with deadly scores to settle...
Seizure
A Detective Chief Inspector Henry Christie novel.
Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Henry Christie could do without dealing with Felix Deakin, a convicted drug dealer serving a heavy prison sentence, who suddenly volunteers some new evidence that could be crucial in an upcoming murder trial. But things go horribly wrong when Deakin escapes from custody and kidnaps a disgraced ex-cop's son to use as a bargaining chip...
Hidden Witness
A Detective Superintendent Henry Christie novel.
When Detective Superintendent Henry Christie takes on the case of a brutal murder of a seemingly innocent old man, the investigation brings him into touch with old friend and FBI agent Karl Donaldson, who is trying to track down a hit man believed to have entered the UK illegally. It's obvious the two cases are connected, but it soon becomes clear there's more to the old man's murder than simple underworld retribution...
The Nothing Job
A Detective Chief Inspector Henry Christie novel.
Reluctantly agreeing to track down three dangerous criminals, DCI Henry Christie's philosophy is that anything that keeps him at the cutting edge of coppering can't be all bad. But then he's asked to close down an investigation into a fatal police shooting, and he uncovers a number of worrying connections. Henry charges headlong into a terrifying conspiracy and finds himself much closer to the cutting edge than even he would have wanted.
Crunch Time
A DCI Henry Christie Mystery.
Willing to do almost anything to escape his desk job, DCI Henry Christie leaps at the chance to go working undercover again. His task, to ingratiate himself with one Ryan Ingram, one of London's top criminals, who has relocated to the north of England. But the last thing Henry needs in this dangerous situation is the appearance of a man bearing a fatal grudge that will jeopardize not only himself, but also his family . . .
Screen of Deceit
A DCI Henry Christie novel.
Fourteen-year-old Mark Carter is plunged into a world of crime following his sister's drug overdose. He agrees to become an informer for DCI Christie in order to avenge Beth's death and redeem himself. But if it all goes wrong, Mark stands to lose everything including his life. Mark's obsession for revenge leads him to a dangerous mixture of teenage street gangs, brutal murder, drug turf wars and betrayal.
Critical Threat
It started out as a kidnap, turned into a brutal murder and ended up as a plot to assassinate the American State Secretary.
DCI Henry Christie leaps at the chance to investigate the brutal killing of an ex-cop turned sleazy private eye. But as he investigates, Christie stumbles into a plot by Muslim extremists and finds himself plunged into the world of international terrorism.
Psycho Alley
Henry Christie confronts a terrifying killer.
A series of increasingly violent assaults is shrouding the happy-go-lucky resort of Blackpool in terror. The police response, coordinated by an increasingly harassed DCI Henry Christie, seems to be getting nowhere fast. Then, with the gruesome discovery of a young girl's body, and the abduction of another, Henry finds himself heading a high-profile, nationally scrutinized investigation which stretches his reputation and credibility to breaking point...
Dead Heat
The Mafia have a point to make
Detective Inspector Henry Christie may have been suspended from duty but he can't 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 he's up against not just one of the most efficient hit men in the business but the Mafia itself . . .