Death Watch

5 September 1992 - Fifteen-year-old Norma Jean Judd disappeared from her home never to be seen again. 5 September 2010Exactly eighteen years later, Bryan Judd, Norma Jean?s twin, is pulled from the searing heat of a hospital incinerator. When his charred remains are examined, the murder squad confirms that his death was no accident. Could it somehow be linked to his sister?s disappearance? For DI Peter Shaw and DS George Valentine, the case proves their most intriguing yet. As they begin their investigation into Bryan?s life, they uncover a secret world of criminal activity in Bryan's neighbourhood and at the hospital where he died. Can Shaw and Valentine solve Bryan?s murder before any more lives are violently snatched away? And will they ever learn the truth about what happened to Norma Jean?


Genre: Mystery

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