Be My Girl

(2018)
(The first book in the Dark Tides Thriller series)
A novel by Tony Hutchinson

Do you want to be taken inside the mind of a detective?
Do you want to hear the voices of victims, rapists and killers?
Then don’t miss this.

An enthralling debut from a detective who spent almost 30 years in the CID (Criminal Investigation Department). He led high profile investigations, lectured on Forensic Psychology and studied with retired members of the FBI’s Behavioural Analysis Unit (think Thomas Harris’ ‘Silence of the Lambs’.)

‘A gripping and realistic crime thriller.’ Paul S. Amazon Top 500 Reviewer

The clock is ticking for Detective Chief Inspector Samantha Parker.

A predator is spreading fear like wildfire through a seaside town, attacking lone women in their own homes and living out his twisted fantasies under the cover of darkness.

He prides himself on perfect preparation before every onslaught, a master planner who feels invincible and thinks his prey should enjoy the ordeal at his hands.

But for Sam so many questions need an answer. How does he pick his victims? Why does he act like their concerned lover after every sickening attack? And will rape become murder before she can finally bring him down?

He believes he cannot be caught and that makes everyone a potential plaything.

To catch him she needs to understand his motives, his thinking, his methods...but that comes at a price.

In a desperate manhunt, Sam must sail dangerously close to the dark heart of a monster.

The first instalment of the Dark Tides thriller series, former murder squad Detective Superintendent Tony Hutchinson, a man who led hunts for real, cranks up the tension in a teak-tough procedural that will have you page-turning to its nail-biting finale.

Perfect for fans of Damien Boyd, Angela Marsons, M A Comley or Helen H Durrant.

What readers are saying

‘A gripping realistic crime thriller that heralds the start of a potentially great new crime series.’ Paul S. Top 500 Reviewer

‘Well written edge of the seat thriller.’ Lisa Hill

‘Strong main characters and never a dull moment.’ Sarah

‘So much detail I feel like a real detective.’ Janice C

‘This guy beats some of the best.’ MegW

The Detective

DCI Sam Parker: a widow who loved sailing before her husband was lost at sea, is a modern thinking senior investigating officer who is not afraid to back her judgement.

Her Deputy

D/Sgt Ed Whelan: an ‘old school’ Detectivee who doesn’t always agree with the politically correct nature of modern policing. Fiercely loyal to Sam.

The Place

Seaton St. George is a fictional seaside town on the north east coast located between Newcastle and Teesside: depravation and crime are bedfellows; the work of Eastern Police challenging.

From old fishermen’s cottages to newer housing estates, secrets are hidden behind every door.

The Author

Tony Hutchinson was a police officer for thirty years, the vast majority of his service spent in the CID. By the time John Darwin faked his own death and the ‘Canoe Man’ case file hit Tony's desk (an investigation that catapulted him to international attention) he was looking at back on a career involving over 40 murder investigations. As a retired Detective Superintendent, Cleveland Police’s former Murder Squad Head brings his own inside knowledge of police procedure to bear on his fiction.

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