East lancashires helen h durrant bases her novels in the outcrops of the craggy pennines between yorkshire and lancashire. Ronald potter is found dead on the kitchen floor of a house he was about to show a client around. Its located between 2 counties of yorkshire and lancashire. What readers are saying about dead bad as soon as id started it i was gripped. A man is found dead in his bed, suffocated, covered in confetti and with his ring finger missing. Read download dead wrong a gripping detective thriller. Dead wrong, dead silent and dead list, before i started a new series by this author dark murder. The series began publication when dead wrong was released in the year 2015. Durrant, including dead jealous, and his third victim, and more on thriftbooks. King fears that she may have a serial killer on her hands. This is the best book ive read by helen durrant yet. Dead wrong a gripping detective thriller full of suspense. Detective calladine and bayliss face a vicious serial killer in a mystery with a shocking ending.
The area offers an interesting mix of the industrial and the countryside and makes for a great setting for a crime novel. It was found carefully wrapped in a blanket, with a childs pink hairclip. Ruth bayliss race against time to catch a vicious serial killer. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. A body is found in a car crash, but the victim was already dead police partners, d. A british police procedural my favorite kind set in the pennine foothills of northern england on the outskirts of manchester. She likes to set many of her stories in an area that she has resided in for years. A womans body is found in a disused church, a homemade stuffed toy by her side. In this one, detective ruth bayliss faces unique challenges solving the case and di tom calladine is facing his own set of dire circumstances. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. A bag of severed fingers is found in the playground by a rough housing estate polic. Dead wrong is the first in a new series of detective thrillers featuring d. Tom calladine is a single, 51yearold detective inspector who is. A local nurse was found dead and a friend of the victim made contact, but then also went missing.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Ronald led a blameless life, and detective matt brindle and the team. Durrant is a british author who sets her novels in the area she has lived for many years, the towns and villages that sit in the shelter of the pennine hills. First a shooting, then a grisly discovery on the common police partners d. Were delighted to share with you a brand new crime mystery from bestselling author helen h.
Durrant includes books dead wrong, dead silent, dead list, and several more. There were several points in the book that refers to events in the preceeding books and this frustrated me a little as i wanted more detail. Jul 08, 2012 dead wrong is a song by the notorious b. Durrant writes the calladine and bayliss series of mystery novels. Dead wrong a gripping detective thriller full of suspense by. Dead list a gripping detective thriller full of suspense. Two victims is a gripping crime novel by durrant that features detective rachel king. Nerys the shocking truth is revealed with a surprising ending. Ruth bayliss race against time to track down a killer before the whole area erupts in violence. It moves along at a cracking pace, with enough twists and turns to keep the pages flying by the grisly murders are a little unpleasant. When i read a crime novel by helen durrant i know exactly what im getting. Seven books in 11 days i just wanted to read the next title as.
Tom calladine is a single, fiftyoneyearold detective inspector who is devoted to his job. Dead bad sets up an investigation into a heinous crime by a monster who needs to be taken off the streets. Her most successful reads follow the exploits of calladine and bayliss, two detectives who work through a deeply deceitful mystery. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. I concentrated purely on the murder mystery part rather than their personal lives. Looking for a brilliant bestselling crime mystery with great detectives. A teenage girls body is found in the back of a car on the notorious hobfield housing estate. Durrant dead wrong, book one featuring detectives bayliss and calladine is available now. She has two victims to deal with in her latest case. A bag of severed fingers is found in the playground by a rough housing estate an edge of your seat detective thriller. The song features vocals from rapper eminem and was released as a single posthumously in 1999. The bane of calladines life is the hobfield housing estate, breeding ground to all that is wrong with the area that he calls home. I have now read all the helen durrant dead titles and in record time for me. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today.
May 17, 2018 dead bad cover image dead bad by helen h. Browse helen h durrants bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. A bag of severed fingers is found in the playground by a rough housing estate. Durrant, is the first in a new series of detective thrillers featuring police partners, d. Durrant is the 1st in the calladine and bayliss series, and my first by this author. Helen h durrant audio books, best sellers, author bio. Durrants books from another series previously next victim. Jan 11, 2016 buy dead wrong a gripping detective thriller full of suspense first mystery book by durrant, helen h. The murderer is revealed fairly early on and like her first book dead wrong, the reader is made to consider when revengeretribution is ever justified. Dead lost a gripping detective thriller full of suspense. Durrant certainly has got off to a thrilling start. Wrong victim is the third book in the outstanding detective rachel king crime series. Dead wrong a gripping detective thriller full of suspense by helen h. Detective rachel king informs his daughter and takes her to identify the body.
The first two victims are american university students and both have livestock t. Dec 11, 2019 wowza a dead body with scattered confetti and severed finger severed in a hospital bed followed by another of the same. Their boss thinks its all down to drug lord ray fallon, but calladines instincts say something far nastier is happening on the hobfield housing estate. Dead guilty is the first calladine and bayliss book that i have read but i have read one of helen h. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. However, once durrant had retired, she had no further excuses to fall back upon. She is now happily able to write on a regular basis and that is her new full time occupation. Tom calladine is a single, 51yearold detective inspector who is devoted to his job. Durrant, though third in the series, it was a good standalone. A man is found dead in his bed, suffocated, covered in. The latest release is packed with stunning twists and will have you gripped from start to finish. One of the stars of the series is ruth bayliss, who is in her midthirties, and loyal yet a plainspeaker. What readers are saying about helen h durrant i couldnt put it down. No one had reported her missing, but shes been dead for a week.