The Last Straw
- 480pages
- 17 heures de lecture
When Professor Alan Tunbridge is discovered in his office with his throat slashed, the suspects start queuing up. The brilliant but unpleasant microbiologist had a genius for making enemies.
Cette auteure a découvert sa passion pour l'écriture dès son plus jeune âge, créant des histoires avec un enthousiasme débordant. Ses premières tentatives, bien que dérivées d'œuvres appréciées, ont révélé une imagination florissante et un intérêt précoce pour des genres tels que la fiction spéculative et les romans policiers. Après des années d'expérimentation et d'interruptions dues à la vie, elle s'est consacrée à son art, développant une voix distinctive dans la fiction policière. Son travail actuel promet d'autres récits captivants et des mystères intrigants pour les lecteurs.






When Professor Alan Tunbridge is discovered in his office with his throat slashed, the suspects start queuing up. The brilliant but unpleasant microbiologist had a genius for making enemies.
`Highly recommended. Crime Writing at its very best' - Kate Rhodes on The Last Straw, book 1 in the DCI Warren Jones series How do you catch a man's killer when everyone wanted him dead?
'A cracker of a page-turner... Highly recommended' - Neil Lancaster, bestselling author of Dead Man's Grave
'Wow!... What a book!... Highly recommend.' NetGalley reviewer,
"Who could kill a man of God? A fire breaks out in a chapel, and DCI Warren Jones is alarmed by what is discovered at the scene. Curled up in the ash and debris is a body - and it's soon clear that the chapel doors were locked from the inside. The disappearance of a local priest, Father Nolan, and a cryptic note left in his room, point to an unusually violent suicide. But when further evidence confuses the picture, Warren begins to suspect foul play - and murder. Clearly, someone wanted this seemingly innocent man to suffer. And when a discovery on a quiet riverbank sends the investigation reeling, Warren knows he must act quickly to discover who is behind this spate of grisly deaths - before another man of God is found dead ..."--Provided by publisher
If you play with fire, you’re going to get burned…It should be an easy solve: a murder in broad daylight with two eyewitnesses. But the victim is the son of a notorious local crime family who has a habit of hitting on other men’s wives; the witnesses are Serbian nationals who speak limited English.For DCI Warren Jones, this is his most challenging case yet. As the suspects pile up, the victim’s family work to protect their son’s memory by destroying any evidence that could betray his criminal past – or might have led to his killer.Somehow Warren must uncover the truth about the murder – but there are secrets at the heart of the case more dangerous than anyone could have imagined, and the fallout could tear Warren’s team apart…
'Wow! I loved this book. So much suspense!... Many twists and turns! I highly recommend reading this book!' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars Seven days until the killer strikes again - but who is next?