FROM CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING JIM KELLY COMES AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING CRIME MYSTERY SERIES SET ON THE SWEEPING NORFOLK COAST.

Please note this book was previously published as DEATH WATCH.

The cold case that shattered his father still haunts Detective Peter Shaw. Now, it’s back — claiming new victims.

5th September 1992. Fifteen-year-old Norma Jean Judd walks out of her King’s Lynn home, and vanishes. No body. No suspects. The case goes cold under the watch of DCI Jack Shaw, Peter’s late father.

Eighteen years to the day, the body of Norma Jean’s brother is discovered inside a hospital incinerator — burned almost beyond recognition. The evidence leaves no room for doubt: this was murder.

Shaw and DS Valentine are assigned to the case — and uncover a chilling link to Norma Jean’s disappearance. This was the case that broke his father — and it’s far from over.

Now, Shaw and DS Valentine must track down a ruthless killer before they strike again.

This unputdownable crime mystery, laced with dark secrets, is perfect for fans of Joy Ellis, Caro Ramsay, Ann Cleeves, Elly Griffiths, LJ Ross or Val McDermid.

MEET THE DETECTIVES

DI Peter Shaw works in the shadow of his late father, a legend of the North Norfolk police force. A recent accident cost him the sight in one eye. Methodical, principled, and forensic to the core, he loathes the slapdash instinct and rule-breaking habits of old-fashioned coppers. Which makes his partner a problem . . .

DS George Valentine is exactly the kind of policeman Shaw can’t stand. He trusts gut instinct over procedure, enjoys a drink or three, and smokes like a chimney. What’s worse, he was once partner to Shaw’s late father.

THE SETTING

Norfolk’s coast is flat and exposed, with saltmarsh and sandbank running alongside stretches of black water. Narrow coast roads thread between dykes and creeks, easily disrupted by tide, weather, or a single fallen tree. Inland, King’s Lynn is all tight streets and old dockland, its medieval layout still intact while modern crime hides in plain sight. Out here, the landscape shapes every investigation.