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“Every time you appear on screen someone will die.”
That’s the stark warning given to Jessica Lee, the undisputed ‘Queen of Trash TV.’ She’s the host of a confessional talk show on network television with millions of fans. But one deranged viewer is out to destroy her career.
He demands that her programme be scrapped and tells her to stop appearing on TV. To prove he means business he claims his first victim – a young woman who is found dead with her throat cut. Jessica and her bosses face an agonising dilemma: take the show off the air or risk more murders. They decide to defy the killer, for fear of setting a dangerous precedent. But there are dire consequences...
Charged with trying to stop the carnage is DCI Sam Quinn who has been seconded to the Met’s ‘Celebrity Crime Squad’. Quinn is particularly qualified following the murder of his own actress wife Karen 16 months earlier, a tragedy which propelled him towards gambling and eventually into the clutches of local gangster Baz Carter.
But how low is the Network prepared to go to protect their ratings? How does the killer select his victims in his bid to make Jessica suffer – and what ultimately is to be her fate? Can DCI Quinn keep Carter’s goons off his back long enough to follow the crimson tide to its seemingly inevitable conclusion?
Stark Warning is the first book in the DCI Sam Quinn series.
‘It will draw you in and immerse you until the last page’ – Midwest Book Review
‘...you won't be disappointed’ - Books Monthly
‘...a cracking crime novel’ - Hampshire View Magazine
James Raven has been a journalist for most of his working life. After reporting for newspapers he moved into television as a news scriptwriter. He then worked his way up to become Director of a UK News Division. James spends much of his time writing and travelling. He is the author of a number of crime novels including bestsellers including Malicious and The Depraved.
Genre: Mystery
That’s the stark warning given to Jessica Lee, the undisputed ‘Queen of Trash TV.’ She’s the host of a confessional talk show on network television with millions of fans. But one deranged viewer is out to destroy her career.
He demands that her programme be scrapped and tells her to stop appearing on TV. To prove he means business he claims his first victim – a young woman who is found dead with her throat cut. Jessica and her bosses face an agonising dilemma: take the show off the air or risk more murders. They decide to defy the killer, for fear of setting a dangerous precedent. But there are dire consequences...
Charged with trying to stop the carnage is DCI Sam Quinn who has been seconded to the Met’s ‘Celebrity Crime Squad’. Quinn is particularly qualified following the murder of his own actress wife Karen 16 months earlier, a tragedy which propelled him towards gambling and eventually into the clutches of local gangster Baz Carter.
But how low is the Network prepared to go to protect their ratings? How does the killer select his victims in his bid to make Jessica suffer – and what ultimately is to be her fate? Can DCI Quinn keep Carter’s goons off his back long enough to follow the crimson tide to its seemingly inevitable conclusion?
Stark Warning is the first book in the DCI Sam Quinn series.
Praise for James Raven:
‘It will draw you in and immerse you until the last page’ – Midwest Book Review
‘...you won't be disappointed’ - Books Monthly
‘...a cracking crime novel’ - Hampshire View Magazine
James Raven has been a journalist for most of his working life. After reporting for newspapers he moved into television as a news scriptwriter. He then worked his way up to become Director of a UK News Division. James spends much of his time writing and travelling. He is the author of a number of crime novels including bestsellers including Malicious and The Depraved.
Genre: Mystery
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