Alex Scarrow

A fire amid the historical 'net huts' of Hastings' fishing village, Rock A' Nore - a local tourist attraction - exposes the mummified remains of a small and unidentifiable body that may well have been concealed inside for quite some time. Is this the body of an unfortunate rough sleeper? An...

The coastguard found the boat drifting a few miles off the south coast. What they discovered onboard was the last thing they expected to see. DCI Bill Boyd - recently relocated from London to Hastings - is now with the East Sussex CID and his first case is that of a local business man and his...

When Jay Turner - a nightclub doorman accidentally overhears a murder being planned he suddenly becomes Hastings' MOST WANTED man! Not only is he wanted by East Sussex Police for a violent crime that he's been framed for, but, by a desperate psychopath with limitless resources who simply can't...

When a fire destroys a landmark home in Hastings and 'national treasure' Sir Jeffrey Sutton's body is found in the debris, it seems that arson may be to blame. But who would want the old man dead? Could it be his children - both with strong motives? Or his ex-wife? His live-in carer? Or perhaps...

When old bones are discovered buried beside an A-road it becomes clear that Leon Martin - dubbed the Ken Doll Killer by the tabloid press - may not have taken his life 21 years ago. As Boyd investigates the old case file it becomes clear there may be new bodies buried at lay-bys around the...

With Boyd convalescing at home after his operation, and DS Minter preparing for his Inspector's exam, CID Hastings is woefully under-manned. So, when the body of a young man is found hanging from a tree - an apparent suicide, and a house is burned down killing a wheelchair-bound old woman, it's...

Audrey Hincher, a middle-aged woman, with a mundane job and an unremarkable home life suddenly vanishes in the middle of the day on a busy street in the centre of Hastings. Boyd and his team are not immediately concerned for her welfare, but as the days pass and questions start to surface about...

Returning home from a police conference DCI BOYD catches the last train back to Hastings from Brighton, unaware that he's about to play a central role in what will become a sensational news story. But Boyd is reluctant to get caught up in the media hype or have his face plastered across the...

The restoration of an old coastal defence tower is halted when work starts on the flooded basement, leading to the grim discovery of a human bone. The Napoleonic-era ruin is known to the locals as 'Devil's Tower' for the many urban myths and ghost stories attributed to it. Far more terrifying is...

When a couple of storage auction bidders win the contents of unit 37 at 'Best Price Storage', they discover the mummified remains of three dismembered bodies inside. Thus begins a new murder case for Boyd and his team. While East Sussex police force are concerned they may have another serial...

DS Okeke's boyfriend, Jay Turner, has had a job offer he can't refuse. The money's too good and the task too easy - follow a rich man's wife and catch her in the act of cheating on him. One problem though... the job's over in the US. And there's another problem - there's a murder. Jay has...

Argyle House, the most hated home on Cottle Street. A place where the town's unwanted and despised are housed. Given the local hostility, it's no surprise to anyone when a body is discovered in one of its flats. Boyd wastes no time despatching Minter and Okeke to investigate. But it's not long...

With Boyd starting his phased return to the CID department, DS Samantha Okeke is once again in the driving seat. When Okeke takes a call from a child psychiatrist about one of his patients, a troubled thirteen year old girl, it's a mystery as to whether she has witnessed a monstrous crime or...

With Boyd busy dealing with an under-manned CID department, a new grandchild, and Samantha Okeke desperately worried about her man, Jay... the action switches to Florida. Jay has taken on a lucrative PI contract with a British businessman. Cash-in-hand no questions asked.

Bloomsbury presents TimeRiders: Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow, read by Trevor White Liam O'Connor, Maddy Carter, and Sal Vikram all should have died. But instead, they have been given a second chance-to work for an agency that no one knows exists. The TimeRiders' mission: to prevent time...

Bloomsbury presents TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow, read by Trevor White Maddy should have died in a plane crash. Liam should have died at sea when the Titanic sank. Sal should have died in a tragic fire. But a mysterious man whisked them away to safety. Maddy, Liam, and Sal quickly learn that time...

Bloomsbury presents TimeRiders: The Eternal War by Alex Scarrow, read by Trevor White Continuing the heart-pounding, time-bending action of the TimeRiders series, The Eternal War brings readers back to a pivotal time period in American history: the Civil War. Only this alternate history is one...

Bloomsbury presents TimeRiders: The Doomsday Code by Alex Scarrow, read by Trevor White When a British computer hacker finds his name coded into a centuries-old manuscript, TimeRider Maddy recognizes it as the same message she had also been sent. Sure it must be communication from other...

With Boyd starting his phased return to the CID department, DS Samantha Okeke is once again in the driving seat.

With Boyd convalescing at home after his operation, and DS Minter preparing for his Inspector’s exam, CID Hastings is woefully under-manned.