Portrait of a mystery Dylan Scott vowed never to return to the dreary town of Dawson's Clough. But one visit from a beautiful ex-lover and he's back in Lancashire, investigating a possible murder. The police think Prue Murphy died during a burglary gone wrong, but her sister isn't so sure—and neither is Dylan. After all, the killer overlooked the only valuable thing in Prue's flat. So who could have wanted the quirky young woman dead, and why? Dylan's search for answers takes him to France, where he discovers Prue's family didn't know her as well as they thought they did. And the more he digs, the more secrets he unearths—secrets someone would kill to keep buried….

Dying Art (A Dylan Scott Mystery, 5)

Wells, Shirley

Literature & Fiction

Carina Press

Before his disgraceful dismissal from the police force, Dylan Scott worked undercover to get close to notorious drug dealer Joe Child. Now Dylan works as a PI—and Child heads up a religious commune near Dawson’s Clough. But after two girls go missing from the refuge, the cops need Dylan’s help to find out if Child is saving souls as a cover for something more sinister. The investigation means going back undercover as a petty crook—a tough gig for a detective who has recently worked some high-profile cases in Lancashire. Even on a remote farm, Dylan’s in constant danger of being recognized. Not to mention the strain his long absences have put on his family life. Still, Dylan won’t rest until he finds the missing girls. But the longer he looks, the harder it is to tell the sinners from the saints. And the truth may be more than this bleak northern town can handle. A Dylan Scott Mystery

Deadly Shadows (A Dylan Scott Mystery, 6)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

A DYLAN SCOTT MYSTERY Shirley Wells Shirley Wells "Dylan Scott? It's payback time. You're going to die." Somebody is making threatening calls to private investigator Dylan Scott. This is one case with plenty of suspects—a lot of dangerous people would love to see Dylan with a bullet between the eyes. The twisted trail brings Dylan face-to-face with old foes and a few new ones—and they're all keeping deadly secrets… But as he chases leads across London, his adversary is hunting down victims and is drawing ever closer to his ultimate target: Dylan. Someone from Dylan's past is on a killing spree, and if he doesn't connect the dots in time, the dead end will be his. A Dylan Scott Mystery

Dead End (A Dylan Scott Mystery, 7)

Shirley Wells A DYLAN SCOTT MYSTERY Shirley Wells Private investigator Dylan Scott is struggling to come to terms with the death of his wife. He has to cope for the sake of his two children, though it's easier to blame himself for her death and take comfort in a bottle of whiskey. When he hears that the man who helped him solve his first case has been killed in Dawson's Clough, Dylan finds a new purpose and vows to put all his energy into finding justice for him. Who would have a motive to kill a kind man like Simple Stevie? As it turns out, everyone. Dylan's hunch is that Stevie must have snapped a photo of the wrong person doing something they want erased, so he focuses his investigation on the town's residents. But Dylan's worst fears are realized when he again finds his own family in the crosshairs. A Dylan Scott Mystery

Dead Simple (A Dylan Scott Mystery, 8)

Genre Fiction

Dead Silent

Carina

After his ex-wife bled to death in a bathtub covered in his fingerprints, the case against Aleksander Kaminski seemed open and shut. Though sentenced to life in prison, he swears he's innocent, a claim supported by his current wife.\nPrivate investigator Dylan Scott finds himself drawn back to dreary Lancashire in a search for justice. The evidence against Kaminski is damning, but having been unjustly jailed himself, Dylan is compelled to pursue the case; if there's even a small chance the man is innocent, he has to help. The other obvious suspect—the victim's second husband—has a watertight alibi. But Dylan has a strong hunch that as usual, there's more going on than meets the eye in Dawson's Clough.\nThe deeper Dylan digs, the more secrets he unearths. The question If Kaminski didn't murder his childhood sweetheart, who did?\n87,000 words

Sillent Witness - A Dylan Scott Mystery

Residents of the sleepy Lancashire village of Kelton Bridge, where forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy has made her home, are looking forward to Christmas. But then the body of a young woman is discovered on the bleak hillside. DCI Max Trentham, now begins the hunt for Lauren Cole's killer. And all the evidence points to one man. But Max's chief suspect is Jill's neighbour and she refuses to believe him guilty of the brutal murder. Yet, as they delve into his past, Jill to clear her friend's name and Max to secure a conviction, Jill is forced to question her own judgement. And then another body is found...

Shades Of Evil

Magna Large Print Books

Leaving her job and moving to a sleepy village when a wrongfully accused man she helped to convict commits suicide, forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy finds her past catching up to her when she is embroiled in a local case involving the murder of a vicar's wife.

Into the Shadows

Contemporary

Carroll & Graf Pub.

Forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy has given up police work for a quiet life in the Lancashire village of Kelton Bridge. But when Martin Hayden, a seventeen-year-old schoolboy, is murdered, DCI Max Trentham, Jill’s ex-colleague, wants her back at work. As they hunt Martin’s killer, they discover that nothing is as it seems. When the killer strikes again, Jill and Max find themselves in a desperate Shirley Wells lives in Lancashire, United Kingdom. She has published twelve novels, of which the most recent is Into the Shadows, the first novel in the Jill Kennedy and DCI Max Trentham series.

Darker Side

Soho/Constable

Where Petals Fall

Praise for Shirley Wells: “A deft combination of police procedural and psychological thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews “A satisfying cross between a police procedural and a modern, slightly edgy British village mystery, leaving the reader eager for more Max and Jill investigations.”—Booklist A woman’s body is found in a quarry, wrapped in a shroud. Five years earlier, four women were killed the same way. But the man whom Jill Kennedy and Max Trentham believed to be guilty is dead—or is he? Shirley Wells lives in Lancashire, England. She has published thirteen novels, including two previous novels in the Kennedy-Trentham series.

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