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The one case he couldn't crack was the one that finally broke him.
Haunted by his inability to track down and save his missing wife, DCI Robert Kett leaves the Metropolitan Police behind and moves to Norwich with his three young children, hoping to heal their broken family.
But his newfound peace doesn’t last. Two newspaper delivery girls have gone missing in the city, and the clues point to a serial kidnapper.
Kett is dragged into the centre of one of the darkest cases of his career — a case that pits him head to head against a horrifying evil.
And a case that might uncover the terrible truth of what happened to his wife.
Terrifying and unputdownable, the first crime novel from million-selling author Alex Smith is officially “a gripping debut” (J. D. Kirk).
BAD DOG
Some legends can kill you.
When a young woman is brutally murdered in the Norfolk countryside, the locals blame Black Shuck—a legendary wild dog.
There’s only one problem: the wounds weren’t made by an animal.
DCI Robert Kett is battling a black dog of his own. With his wife still missing, and the injuries from his last case leaving him in constant pain, everything seems impossible—not least looking after his three young children.
But when a second body appears, even bloodier than the last, Kett finds himself on a hunt for one of the most ruthless serial killers the country has ever seen.
A killer who may be hunting him too.
Full of death and dark humour, you won't be able to put down this fast-paced British crime thriller from million-selling author Alex Smith.
THREE LITTLE PIGS
He will find the truth. Even if it kills him.
Five months ago, DCI Robert Kett’s wife Billie was snatched from a London street. Five months of no leads, no evidence, and no suspects.
Until now.
When a routine police search uncovers a chamber of horrors beneath one of the city’s most expensive houses, detectives find a clue that points to Billie’s fate, and to the identity of her kidnapper—an enigmatic killer known as the Pig Man.
Desperate for closure, and still reeling from his last investigation, Kett returns to London for his most personal and most dangerous case yet—a case that pits him against a terrifying evil.
He doesn’t know if Billie is alive or dead. He doesn’t know if he’s too late to save her. All he knows is that he swore he’d go to hell and back to find out what happened.
And now, he's about to.
"Utterly terrifying and unbeatably exciting, this is one of the best crime thrillers of the year so far." Thrilling Fiction. You won't be able to put down this fast-paced British crime thriller from million-selling author Alex Smith.
WHIP CRACK
Every time you hear his voice, another child will die.
DCI Robert Kett’s family may be whole again, but he is a broken man.
Suspended from duty, he takes his girls out of the city for a much-needed holiday on the Norfolk Coast.
Instead of the peace he desperately needs, however, Kett finds a community in chaos. Four teenagers are missing, and time is running out before they meet a horrific fate.
Kett must follow a deadly trail of clues left by the man who took them, the only person who knows where they are.
There’s only one problem.
The kidnapper is already dead.
RUN RABBIT RUN
He has always been the hunter. He is about to become the prey.
For years, DCI Robert Kett has tracked down the country’s most dangerous kidnappers and serial killers, earning a reputation as the best man to call to catch the bad guys.
The tables are about to turn.
When somebody starts brutally murdering the criminals that Kett has put behind bars—and the ones that he wasn’t able to catch—it seems as if there is a vigilante on the loose.
Tasked with keeping one of these criminals alive, Kett starts to understand that something far more dangerous is going on.
And the killer isn’t just coming after the bad guys. He’s coming after Kett, too.