Sally Spencer Knihy

Chief Inspector Charlie Woodend and his loyal sergeant tackle a murder with as many suspects as there are clues in this tight puzzler. Swann's Lake, 1960. When Robbie Peterson, a criminal-turned-club-owner, is found dead in his office, a six-inch nail driven deep into his skull, Chief Inspector Woodend and Sergeant Bob Rutter are brought up from London to investigate. Why was Robbie's office broken into twice on the day of his funeral? What caused Robbie's son-in-law to attack his own brother on the night of the murder? As the case unfolds, Woodend uncovers several crimes, but it is only as it draws to a close that he realizes the murder has nothing to do with Robbie's criminal past--and everything to do with his domestic present.

Spanning 20 years, this is at once a family saga and a story of the indomitable working class spirit; it is also the story of a beautiful woman - Becky Taylor - who is determined to rise above her origins and lead a better life.

Before she can even begin to track down the killer of the old woman dumped on the lonely canalside, Monika Paniatowski needs to find out who she is - and no one seems to know. It's not until there is a second, even more brutal, murder that Paniatowski realises she will have to call on the help of her old mentor, ex-DCI Charlie Woodend.

When Eddie Barnes, of popular group The Seagulls, is electrocuted on stage in front of 300 adoring fans, Chief Inspector Charlie Woodend can't understand why Eddie's mother says he had a girlfriend, while his best mate insists he didn't. And that's only the first anomaly in this strangest of cases.

When Captain Robert Kineally went missing from Haverton American Army base in Devon in 1944, it was generally assumed he had lost his nerve and deserted. But now, 20 years after the war, a body found on the near-derelict base seems to tell an entirely different story.

"The colliery village of Bellingsworth is already divided over an impending strike, so the last thing it needs is a murder, but that's exactly what it gets when a retired miner called Len Hopkins is found battered to death in his outside lavatory"--Dust jacket flap.

'A plot full of unusual twists, a flawed but likable and competent heroine, and a very satisfying conclusion make this a must-read for Spencer fans' - Booklist Starred Review The third book in the new series featuring DCI Monika Paniatowski When a recently released prisoner claims in a deathbed confession that he is innocent of the rape and murder of a young girl for which he was convicted twenty-two years earlier, DCI Monika Paniatowski is tasked to lead an unofficial investigation into his claims. At first she is reluctant, but when she learns that her old mentor Charlie Woodend was the lead detective in the case, she knows she must do everything she can to protect his reputation . . .

Detective Chief Inspector Woodend finds himself confronting the work of a possible serial killer when a murdered man is found hanging from a bridge and another is found dangling from a crane.

The strangled body of teenager Diane Thorburn is found buried in the salt store in a Cheshire village. Chief Inspector Woodend is called to investigate and his enquiry turns up the death of another young girl a generation before. The two cases seem to be more than just a coincidence.

DCI Monika Paniatowski is only just back from maternity leave when she is called in to investigate the murder of a mother of three small children. Her husband is a wealthy politician, and the prime suspect. Following a nasty twist the investigation is suddenly national news. Monika's sure she has the right man - but how to prove it?