For fans of Rachel Abbott, Mel Sherratt, Angela Marsons, Colin Dexter, or Ruth Rendell

DARK MURDER (Book 1) – February 2016, 229 pp.

• #17 on Amazon UK
• Over 73,200 sales

A woman is found dead by a canal . . . why have her eyes have been viciously poked out? Detective Stephen Greco has just started a new job at Oldston CID and now he faces a series of murders with seemingly no connection but the brutal disfigurement of the victims. Greco’s team is falling apart under the pressure and he doesn’t know who he can trust. Then they discover a link to a local drug dealer, but maybe it’s not all that it seems. Can Greco get control of his chaotic team and stop the murders?

DARK HOUSES (Book 2) – April 2016, 218 pp.

• #35 on Amazon UK
• Over 54,800 sales

A young woman is found brutally murdered in an empty house. Detective Stephen Greco and his team must piece together her life as quickly as possible. Within twenty-four hours there is another horrific murder using the same method. The detectives realise that the victims are random but the locations are not. The killer is more concerned with finding the right house – somewhere he won’t be disturbed as he pursues his evil plan. When a man walks into the station and confesses, it looks like the case is closed. But Greco’s not convinced and soon he’ll be fighting to save the woman who’s most important to him in a stunningly tense and emotional conclusion. Can Greco keep himself and his team under control as the criminal gets personal?

DARK TRADE (Book 3) – March 2017, 213 pp.

• #2 on Amazon UK
• Over 42,300 sales
• Rights sold: Audio (WF Howes)

A teenager is found murdered. Stabbed through the heart by a professional killer. Detective Stephen Greco and his new team must find out who the mysterious victim was. A killer nicknamed “the Knifeman” then strikes again. The murders lead DCI Greco on a dark trail of people smuggling and exploitation. DCI Greco must quickly get his new team to gel, but he is still recovering from a terrible personal tragedy, and his relationship with DS Grace Harper threatens to turn very unprofessional. Will Greco ever find a relationship that works? And how is arch-villain and drugs baron Vinny Costello involved? What is his connection to a private clinic specialising in plastic surgery for the city’s elite pursues his evil plan.

DARK ANGEL (Book 4) – January 2018, 231 pp.

• Over 34,500 sales

Two young men break into an expensive house in Cheshire. They take money and jewellery — and a large amount of heroin. Within twenty-four hours they are found brutally murdered. The killings have all the hallmarks of a local drug baron. The two victims were also “angels” helping in a community project which seems to have been lowering the crime rate in the area. But not everything is as it seems. Who is the mysterious ice-cold blonde woman who seems to be at the heart of the case? Meanwhile, Detective Stephen Greco’s colleague and on-off girlfriend Grace is pregnant. He isn’t sure how he feels about this, and they haven’t told the boss. And just when Greco seems to have cracked the case, new information comes to light which threatens to change everything.