The first time I saw Brinley Knox, she was crying and heartbroken at her own sweet sixteen party. The daughter of the wealthiest family in Orchid Valley, she was off limits to someone like me—the teenage charity case, the hired help.

But that didn’t stop me from kissing her. Or from promising if she were ever mine, I’d never let her go.

The last time I saw Brinley Knox, I made good on that promise. Forget that it was the first time we’d seen each other in ten years, or that we were drunk in Vegas when we said I do. I meant every word, every touch, every promise.

The problem? When I came back to the hotel, she was gone—the ring I slipped on her finger and the note she left behind the only reminders she had been there. Well, those and the hole she left in my chest in place of my heart.

Abductions and murder are not what ex-DCI Luke Sackville expected when he left the police after tragedy struck his family.

Luke’s return to the workplace was meant to be a soft landing but when a woman vanishes after being accused of taking bribes, he is assigned a disparate team and tasked with tracking her down.

Their search becomes more urgent when her disappearance is linked to the death of a second woman. When a third goes missing the hunt becomes a race against time. Luke’s return to work presents him with the most challenging case of his career as the murder victims mount.

Murder and intrigue are peppered with humour in this fast-paced crime thriller set in and around the beautiful city of Bath in the southwest of England.

Being the owner of the most notorious private investigation agency came with its perks.
Sure I received the occasional death threat, hate mail and whatever else my clients’ spouses can throw at me.
It doesn’t bother me. Just tells me I’m doing my job right—helping women get the freedom their owed.

When you catch someone cheating and cost them millions in a divorce settlement hate comes with the territory.
They know they’re in the wrong, they just need someone to lash out at. If that someone has to be me, so be it.

Out of all the hate I’d received over the years, none compared to the news article that ruined my life.
Little did I know, the vile events of this story would haunt me for months to come.

After their harrowing experience at White Haven Manor, the ghost-hunting team thought they could finally take a break. But when a woman approaches them with a plea for help in discovering the cause of her husband’s death, they’re pulled into a new and dangerous mystery. As they begin to investigate, a ghostly figure begins to haunt one of their own, delivering a chilling message: trapped. With no escape in sight, the team must race against time to uncover the truth and survive another night of terror.

But those hopes are shattered with the appearance of a new ghost… begging for her help with a cryptic message about some place called White Haven Manor, a stately home from the early 1800s but now a long-abandoned ruin with a terrifying reputation.