Detective Mike Croft: Books 1-3
(2019)(A book in the Mike Croft series)
An omnibus of novels by Jane A Adams
DO YOU LOVE GRIPPING CRIME FICTION? DISCOVER DETECTIVE MIKE CROFT FROM CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR JANE ADAMS
YOU GET THREE ENTHRALLING PSYCHOLOGICAL MYSTERIES IN THIS BOX SET
BOOK 1: THE GREENWAY
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award and for the Author's Club Best First Novel Award.
August 1975: Cassie Maltham's life changes forever one scorching day. She and her twelve-year-old cousin Suzie take a shortcut through the Greenway, an ancient pathway steeped in Norfolk legend. Somewhere along this path Suzie simply vanishes . . .
Twenty years later: Cassie is still tormented by nightmares, parts of her memory completely erased. With her husband Fergus and friends Anna and Simon, she returns to Norfolk, determined to confront her fears and solve a mystery that won't let her rest.
Then another young girl goes missing at the entrance to the Greenway, and Cassie is pushed once more into the darkest recesses of her mind.
BOOK 2: THE SECRETS
Threatening phone calls, smashed windows, physical intimidation. Eric Pearson and his family have only just moved into a new home in a sleepy cul-de-sac, but they already have dangerous enemies. How could a respectable family become the focus of such hatred?
Detective Inspector Mike Croft knows the Pearson family well. Eric Pearson claims to own a journal which gives evidence of a horrifying ring of abusers. If true, it would be a high stakes case for DI Croft, and expose awful secrets that the town has buried deep.
BOOK 3: THEIR FINAL MOMENTS
He wants to capture their final moments on film so he can watch them again and again.
December: Detective Mike Croft is in pursuit of a serial attacker, whose victims are all young blonde women. But forensics on the victims, reveals an even more horrific scenario.
Many miles away, in Wiltshire, a young woman dies in a burning car.
In Norwich, an actress is found dead in her own home and a teenage boy runs away from a past he doesn't know how to face.
Can DI Mike Croft work out what links these events?
IF YOU LIKE KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS, DAMIEN BOYD, RACHEL ABBOTT, PATRICIA GIBNEY OR MARK BILLINGHAM you will be gripped by this exciting crime fiction writer.
What people are saying about Jane Adam's books
"Few debut novels achieve this level of suspense. The Greenway lingered in my mind for days. It takes the psychological suspense novel into new realms of mystery." Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News
"A haunting debut." Minette Walters
"Compellingly told and rich with psychological insight." Independent
"Nail-biting stuff." Ms London
"An assured first novel, with a strong cast and a plot which twists and turns without a glitch." Yorkshire Evening Post
"Adams has a distinctive voice, which I predict will be heard by the majority of mystery fans."
MIKE CROFT SERIES
Book 1: The Greenway
Book 2: The Secrets
Book 3: Their Final Moments
Book 4: The Liar
Genre: Mystery
YOU GET THREE ENTHRALLING PSYCHOLOGICAL MYSTERIES IN THIS BOX SET
BOOK 1: THE GREENWAY
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award and for the Author's Club Best First Novel Award.
August 1975: Cassie Maltham's life changes forever one scorching day. She and her twelve-year-old cousin Suzie take a shortcut through the Greenway, an ancient pathway steeped in Norfolk legend. Somewhere along this path Suzie simply vanishes . . .
Twenty years later: Cassie is still tormented by nightmares, parts of her memory completely erased. With her husband Fergus and friends Anna and Simon, she returns to Norfolk, determined to confront her fears and solve a mystery that won't let her rest.
Then another young girl goes missing at the entrance to the Greenway, and Cassie is pushed once more into the darkest recesses of her mind.
BOOK 2: THE SECRETS
Threatening phone calls, smashed windows, physical intimidation. Eric Pearson and his family have only just moved into a new home in a sleepy cul-de-sac, but they already have dangerous enemies. How could a respectable family become the focus of such hatred?
Detective Inspector Mike Croft knows the Pearson family well. Eric Pearson claims to own a journal which gives evidence of a horrifying ring of abusers. If true, it would be a high stakes case for DI Croft, and expose awful secrets that the town has buried deep.
BOOK 3: THEIR FINAL MOMENTS
He wants to capture their final moments on film so he can watch them again and again.
December: Detective Mike Croft is in pursuit of a serial attacker, whose victims are all young blonde women. But forensics on the victims, reveals an even more horrific scenario.
Many miles away, in Wiltshire, a young woman dies in a burning car.
In Norwich, an actress is found dead in her own home and a teenage boy runs away from a past he doesn't know how to face.
Can DI Mike Croft work out what links these events?
IF YOU LIKE KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS, DAMIEN BOYD, RACHEL ABBOTT, PATRICIA GIBNEY OR MARK BILLINGHAM you will be gripped by this exciting crime fiction writer.
What people are saying about Jane Adam's books
"Few debut novels achieve this level of suspense. The Greenway lingered in my mind for days. It takes the psychological suspense novel into new realms of mystery." Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News
"A haunting debut." Minette Walters
"Compellingly told and rich with psychological insight." Independent
"Nail-biting stuff." Ms London
"An assured first novel, with a strong cast and a plot which twists and turns without a glitch." Yorkshire Evening Post
"Adams has a distinctive voice, which I predict will be heard by the majority of mystery fans."
MIKE CROFT SERIES
Book 1: The Greenway
Book 2: The Secrets
Book 3: Their Final Moments
Book 4: The Liar
Genre: Mystery
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