DARK CRIMES a gripping detective thriller full of suspense by Michael Hambling

DARK CRIMES a gripping detective thriller full of suspense by Michael Hambling

Introducing DCI Sophie Allen in an exciting new detective series that will have you gripped from start to heart-stopping finish

The plot is meticulously crafted, absorbing and the narrative flows effortlessly. Purbeck Gazette

A young woman's body is discovered on a deserted footpath in a Dorset seaside town late on a cold November night. She has been stabbed through the heart.

It seems like a simple crime for DCI Sophie Allen and her team to solve. But not when the victim's mother is found strangled the next morning. The case grows more complex as DCI Sophie Allen discovers that the victims had secret histories, involving violence and intimidation. There's an obvious suspect but Detective Allen isn't convinced. Could someone else be lurking in the shadows, someone savagely violent, looking for a warped revenge?

DARK CRIMES is the first in a series of detective thrillers featuring DCI Sophie Allen, head of the newly formed Violent Crime Unit in Dorset. She is pushed to the limit in her first major case as the team's head.

If you like Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, Mel Sherratt, Ruth Rendell, or Mark Billingham you will be gripped by this exciting new crime fiction writer.

Michael Hambling is based in the West of England, and his novels are set there as well. The Isle of Purbeck, a gorgeous seaside region, is the setting for the first two novels in the series. Nonetheless, scenes set in other parts of the central south of England are included, as well as scenes set in the remainder of Dorset county. He writes because he imagines scenes, characters, hypothetical conversations, and strange circumstances all the time in his thoughts. When he was a child, he has always done so.

It's a lot of fun to use the English language's richness to put these things into words. Perhaps by the time he's finished editing a passage for the hundredth time, it's starting to lose some of its luster for him, but he believes in reshaping and polishing it until it's as excellent as it can be. It therefore becomes something in which he can legitimately take pride. In his novels, he tries to include multiple plot layers.

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ISBN 13	9781911021438
ISBN 10	1911021435
Title	DARK CRIMES a gripping detective thriller full of suspense
Author	Michael Hambling
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Joffe Books
Year published	2016-03-11
Number of pages	280
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