Helen Phifer

Nach einem brutalen Angriff wird der leblose Körper einer jungen Frau an deren Bett gefesselt gefunden. Detective Morgan Brookes ist nicht vorbereitet auf das, was sie bei der weiteren Durchsuchung des Hauses entdeckt–und welche Erinnerungen an ihre eigene Kindheit dies hervorruft.

Eine leichte Brise wehte das blonde Haar über ihr Gesicht, und ihre glasigen Augen starrten ausdruckslos in den Sonnenuntergang. Die Gestalt wirkte klein und verloren neben der großen Eiche. Sie war zu jung, um zu sterben.

Thunder rattles the windows of the deserted hotel. Morgan spots the young girl on the floor, her dark hair fanned out and covered in shattered glass. Lightning strikes, illuminating the blood on every surface.

Morgan tries to steady her trembling hands as she enters the abandoned tent in the shadow of the mountains. The woman once lay peacefully watching the stars in the glistening night sky. But she has been dead for some time…

When Detective Morgan Brookes is urgently called to her Aunt Ettie’s cottage, hidden in Covel Woods, she rushes to the scene. Panicked Ettie is shaken having discovered the chilling remains of a woman in the river, one skeletal hand reaching out from the deep water.

Morgan kneels beside the fluttering crime scene tape. Their hands clasped, the couple’s embrace looks loving and warm, but an icy chill grips the air. Their lips are blue, and blood is dripping on the floor. They have been silenced forever…

The final book in the Annie Graham series will leave you racing to the finish! * * * * Annie Ashworth is on maternity leave from her police job, enjoying spending time with baby Alfie. Her days at home might lack excitement, but after all of the horrific crimes she’s witnessed, that’s fine...

1692. On the outskirts of Salem, a bookstore stands covered in overgrown vines. Inside, a young woman hides a linen-wrapped journal under a loose floorboard and runs away, panicked by the sound of hounds barking in the distance. The bookstore vanishes into thin air…

A haunting serial killer crime thriller that will leave you breathless! After years on the police force, Annie Graham never expected that it would be her personal life leaving her physically and emotionally scarred. While on a break from work, trying to put the pieces of her life back together...

The chilling third book in the Annie Graham crime thriller series Things finally seem to be looking up for police officer Annie Graham. After a tumultuous couple of years, she is settling into a normal, happy life. Her wedding is fast approaching, and her fiancé Will has found a forgotten but...

Don’t go into the woods. Because you’re in for a big surprise… Annie Ashworth is currently off duty. With her baby bump growing fast, she is under strict instructions to stay away from police work and look after herself, especially as she has a history of leading danger right to her door...

A serial killer on the loose. A mystery that must be solved before time runs out. Elderly Martha Beckett is a prisoner in her own home, and has been ever since her older brother disappeared at just nine years old. * * * * Six months on from her last brush with the paranormal, police officer...

The stunning second book in the Annie Graham crime thriller series One little girl, one missing child. One historical mystery colliding with the future. Six months on from the case that changed everything, police officer Annie Graham is not looking to stir up more shadows of the past. She’s...

Arriving at High Wraith cottage, Detective Morgan Brookes joins her horrified team, who have found a woman’s body chained and dangling from the gnarled branch of an old oak tree.

When the bodies of two teenage girls are discovered in a rundown New York City hotel room, Detective Maria Miller is called to the crime scene.

Shortly before midnight, four teenagers broke into the old abandoned psychiatric hospital on Beacon Hill. Only three came out again. The missing girl—Riley Holt—is the seventeen-year-old daughter of the local police chief and she appears to have vanished into thin air....

Morgan shivers in the darkness as she walks through the park towards the abandoned building. She sees the body and the blood dripping onto the cold, frosty grass. A beautiful teenage girl is dead. Morgan feels rage build inside of her as she realizes who it is....

When Detective Maria Miller walks up creaking stairs into the attic of the old brownstone she senses this isn’t an ordinary crime scene. The brutality of the murder is enough to shock even an experienced detective like Maria. But there’s something else....

An unbelievably gripping new crime thriller in the Detective Morgan Brookes series. Fans of Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, and Lisa Regan will be holding their breath as they race towards the epic final conclusion....

The discovery of a young student floating face down in Lake Windermere, her naked skin almost translucent in the freezing water, looks like yet another tragic teen suicide. But the victim’s lack of clothes make forensic pathologist Beth Adams investigate further....