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The latest unputdownable Detective Sophie Allen mystery by best-selling author Michael Hambling
Two women go away for the weekend, but only one comes back alive.
Was it just the music they were into? And who was the man the victim met at the festival?
DCI Sophie Allen is back in charge after the emotional upheavals she suffered in 'Deadly Crimes,' but is she really in control? And Detective Constable Rae Gregson joins the team and immediately faces challenges that put her life in peril.
Discover a gripping and detailed mystery that will have you hooked from the start until the stunning twist at the end.
If you like Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, Colin Dexter, Ruth Rendell, or Mark Billingham you will be gripped by this exciting new crime fiction writer.
SECRET CRIMES is the third in a new series of detective thrillers featuring DCI Sopie Allen, head of the recently formed Violent Crime Unit in Dorset. A beautiful English country which includes a stunning section of the coastline, but whose beauty belies darkness beneath the surface.
DCI Sophie Allen is Dorsets acknowledged expert on murder and violent crime. She is 42 as the series starts, and lives with her husband and younger daughter in Wareham. Her elder daughter is studying in London. Sophie has a law degree and a masters in criminal psychology. Her brilliant mind conceals some dark secrets from her past.
DS Barry Marsh is based at Swanage police station. He's quiet, methodical and dedicated, the perfect foil for Sophie's hidden fragility.
AVAILABLE NOW DARK CRIMES, the first book featuring Sophie Allen. A young womans body is discovered on a deserted footpath in a Dorset seaside town late on a cold November night. She has been stabbed through the heart.
DEADLY CRIMES, the second DCI Sophie Allen mystery. A young mans mutilated body is found on top of the Agglestone, a well-known local landmark on Studland Heath
