Matthew J. Evans

On a blistering June morning, a retired police officer flies his drone over the Bosham mudflats and spots something the tide has left behind: the body of a young woman curled in the shallows. She carries no ID, and no one has reported her missing.DCI Beniamin Dinescu and his team begin a...

Beneath the shadow of Chichester Cathedral, a body is found on a rain-slicked path, and the cathedral cloisters become the starting point for a complex and troubling mystery. DCI Beniamin Dinescu and DI Emily Summers investigate the murder of a volunteer working with displaced families, a man...

Beneath a country road, an abandoned quarry track hides a decade-old secret. The discovery of human remains plunges DCI Beniamin Dinescu into a mystery driven by jealousy, obsession, and long-buried lies. In a derelict house, another dark mystery surfaces, revealing a crime far more complex than...

When a ten-year-old boy is abducted from a meadow at night, DCI Beniamin Dinescu, DS Emily Summers, and the Chichester Major Crime Team know it’s a race against time to find him. But as the investigation progresses, it becomes clear this is no ordinary kidnapping. A shocking murder shifts the...

When the body of a respected local artist is discovered in the waters of Fishbourne Marshes, DCI Beniamin Dinescu and DS Emily Summers of the Chichester Major Crimes Team are thrust into a complex murder inquiry.

DCI Beniamin Dinescu faces his darkest case yet in the heart of West Sussex. This gripping British police procedural crime thriller takes readers through dark tunnels, priest holes, and labyrinths of secrets and lies, set against the backdrop of Chichester and the Sussex Downs.