Henry Christie mysteries
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A time for justice , Henry Christie mysteries volume 1
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Nightmare city , Henry Christie mysteries volume 2
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One dead witness , Henry Christie mysteries volume 3
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The last big job , Henry Christie mysteries volume 4
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5) Backlash
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 5
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Transferred from CID to uniform duties, Inspector Henry Christie is back at the sharp end of policing and he's not happy about it -- especially when a brutal murder, apparently the work of a serial killer, takes place on his patch . . .
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 6
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Crime fiction has just got much, much too real for comfort...
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 7
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When the brutally murdered body of a Manchester drug dealer is found dumped just inside the Lancashire border, it turns out that the dead man had been a CID informant working for a small nucleus of corrupt detectives. Then a high-profile trial of a Manchester gangster collapses in disarray, amid accusations of police misconduct.Thrust into the investigation of the drug dealer's death is DCI Henry Christie, recently returned to work after a period...
8) Dead Heat
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 8
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Detective Inspector Henry Christie has been suspended from duty. He's spending quality time with his family, and is enjoying being reconciled with wife Kate, but at heart he's bored - and itching to get back into the fray. So when the attractive and wealthy mother of one of his daughter's horse-riding friends asks him to investigate the bizarre mutilation of some of the family's bloodstock, Christie agrees - against his better judgement. He soon finds...
9) Psycho Alley
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 9
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A series of increasingly violent assaults is shrouding the happy-go-lucky resort of Blackpool in a veil of terror. It seems only a matter of time before one of these brutal attacks leads to the ultimate crime - murder. The police response, coordinated by an increasingly harassed DCI Henry Christie seems to be getting nowhere fast and the public are growing restless. Then, with the gruesome discovery of a young girl's body, and the abduction of another,...
10) Critical Threat
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 10
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DCI Henry Christie, taken off an anonymous murder case and transferred into a dead-end desk job, leaps at the chance to investigate the brutal killing of an ex-cop turned sleazy private eye. At first Christie thinks he will have no trouble identifying the killer, but as he investigates, he stumbles into a plot by Muslim extremists and finds himself plunged into the world of international terrorism. Christie faces his toughest challenge yet as he tries...
11) Crunch Time
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 11
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A DCI Henry Christie Mystery. Willing to do almost anything to escape his desk job, DCI Henry Christie leaps at the chance to go working undercover again. His task, to ingratiate himself with one Ryan Ingram, one of London's top criminals, who has relocated to the north of England. But the last thing Henry needs in this dangerous situation is the appearance of a man bearing a fatal grudge that will jeopardize not only himself, but also his family......
12) Screen of Deceit
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 12
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A DCI Henry Christie novel Fourteen-year-old Mark Carter is plunged into a world of crime following his sister's drug overdose. He agrees to become an informer for DCI Christie in order to avenge Beth's death and redeem himself. But if it all goes wrong, Mark stands to lose everything including his life. Mark's obsession for revenge leads him to a dangerous mixture of teenage street gangs, brutal murder, drug turf wars and betrayal.
13) The nothing job
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 13
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Severn House
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2009
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English
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Reluctantly agreeing to track down three dangerous criminals, DCI Henry Christie's philosophy is that anything that keeps him at the cutting edge of coppering can't be all bad. But then he's asked to close down an investigation into a fatal police shooting, and he uncovers a number of worrying connections. Henry charges headlong into a terrifying conspiracy and finds himself much closer to the cutting edge than even he would have wanted'.
14) Seizure
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 14
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Severn House
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2010
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English
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Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Christie could do without the side show of dealing with Felix Deakin, a convicted drug dealer with evidence in the upcoming murder trial of a gangland lord. When Deakin escapes from custody, Christie finds himself in charge of a manhunt-- with a boy's life hanging in the balance.
15) Hidden Witness
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 15
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The new Detective Superintendent Henry Christie novel - When Detective Superintendent Henry Christie takes on the case of a brutal murder of a seemingly innocent old man, the investigation brings him into touch with old friend and FBI agent Karl Donaldson, who is trying to track down a hit man believed to have entered the UK illegally. It's obvious the two cases are connected, but it soon becomes clear there's more to the old man's murder than simple...
16) Facing Justice
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 16
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The thrilling new Detective Superintendent Henry Christie novel - When DS Henry Christie sets off on a short winter break with his old friend FBI agent Karl Donaldson, he expects a pleasant hike through the countryside followed by an overnight stop in a picturesque village. But the hike turns into a fight for survival in the worst snowstorm for thirty years. And things only get worse when they stumble, exhausted and injured, into the village pub,...
17) Instinct
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 17
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The thrilling new Detective Superintendent Henry Christie novel - Grieving after a huge personal tragedy, Detective Superintendent Henry Christie is trying to pull his life back together and thinking seriously about retirement – after all, he's got the time in and he'd have a good life and decent pension. But all thoughts of a peaceful dotage are shattered when the phone rings in the early hours, and he is called out to investigate the brutal rape...
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 18
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An apparently straightforward case turns into something far more sinister for Detective Superintendent Henry Christie Detective Superintendent Henry Christie is in the middle of a case involving the horrific murder of a teenage girl when he is called in to investigate the drowning of Jennifer Sunderland, wife of local businessman Harry Sunderland. Henry's curiosity is soon aroused when things don't add up – and when a gun is pointed at his head...
19) Bad tidings
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 19
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Severn House
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2013.
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English
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Detective Superintendent Henry Christie leaves his planned Christmas festivities to catch a serial killer, but he does not realize this case will challenge him both professionally and personally.
20) Judgement Call
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 20
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In this 1980's-set prequel to the popular Henry Christie mysteries, the rookie Lancashire cop is out to prove himself in ways that nearly get him killed.
It's 1982, and twenty-three-year-old Henry Christie is determined to make detective in record time. His brief transfer to the Blackburn Criminal Investigation Department ended in disaster. Now he's back in uniform, patrolling the quiet streets of Rossendale Valley, and dreaming up a way to make...
21) Low Profile
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 21
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A gripping police procedural featuring Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Christie Responding to a desperate phone call, Henry Christie stumbles across a gangland-style execution in progress – and only just escapes with his own life. One of the murder victims is a successful local jeweller, but the motive for his brutal killing remains unclear. Meanwhile, ex-cop Steve Flynn is unwittingly sucked into a deadly game of kidnap, torture and murder....
22) Edge
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 22
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The latest gripping police procedural featuring Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Christie When Charlie Wilder is released from prison he's desperate to resume his life of crime. But when he discovers he's been betrayed by his closest friends, Charlie's rage turns to cold-blooded murder and an orgy of violence ensues... As a gruesome turn of fate spins Henry Christie unwillingly into a collision course with Charlie, he finds himself pitted against...
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 23
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The latest compelling police procedural featuring Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Christie. On the verge of retirement, Henry Christie is loath to leave any unsolved cases to his successor, particularly ones in which he has a personal stake. But when a cop and a suspected murderer are killed in separate but related incidents, Henry's professional judgement is called into question, and it looks as though he will have no choice but to leave the...
24) Bad Blood
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 24
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What should have been a blissful retirement for former DCI Henry Christie turns into something deadly. As Henry Christie settles into a new life running The Tawny Owl pub with his fiancée Alison, their rural idyll is disrupted by a violent intruder. After Henry foils a kidnap attempt on Alison's daughter, it becomes clear that he and his family have become the targets of a ruthless professional killer. But who – and why? At the same time, Henry...
25) Bad Cops
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 25
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Two seemingly unconnected murders lead DCI Henry Christie to uncover a terrifying conspiracy in this gritty police procedural. Two murders, apparently unconnected: one victim shot to death in his office, the other brutally stabbed in what appears to have been a road rage incident … neither case solved. Six months later, following a desperate plea from a chief constable, Detective Superintendent Henry Christie finds himself travelling across the...
26) Wildfire
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Severn House
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2020.
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"Henry Christie is enjoying a quiet retirement running the Tawny Owl pub - until a devastating moorland fire tears through the surrounding area and he finds himself at the forefront of coordinating the local response. When the occupants of a remote farm can't be contacted, Henry goes to check on them - and makes a grisly discovery. Reluctantly agreeing to help the police with their investigation, Henry is reunited with DC Diane Daniels, and is soon...
27) Bad Timing
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 27
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Can Henry Christie catch a merciless gunman? A breakneck novel of revenge, justice and organised crime.
Henry Christie thought he'd solved the case that drew him out of retirement, but finds himself joining forces with Diane Daniels once again when the body of a young woman is discovered close to the scene of the chilling murders that took place at Hawkshead Farm. The deaths appear to be linked, and when Henry and Diane stumble upon an execution...
28) Scarred
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Severn House
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2021.
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"Some wounds never heal . . . Henry Christie has never forgotten the day he was brutally assaulted as a young constable while chasing a teenage shoplifter down a Blackpool alley. Tommy Benemy went missing soon after his arrest, but although Henry promised Tommy's mother he'd keep an eye on the case, her son was never found. Now retired, Henry reluctantly agrees to join the Cold Case Unit as a civilian investigator, teaming up with the volatile DS...
29) Transfusion
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 29
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Blood will flow . . . Henry Christie and DS Debbie Blackstone are drawn into a bloody turf war between European organized crime gangs as they attempt to follow up leads in a Lancashire police Cold Case Unit operation.
Viktor Bashkim, head of one of Europe's most feared mafia gangs, is preparing to hand over power to his ruthless daughter, Sofia. But as they leave the family villa high in the Cypriot hills for business overseas, Viktor's old nemesis...
30) Demolition
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 30
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Secrets, lies, murder . . . and planning permission. Henry Christie is pulled into two chilling murder investigations and uncovers dark secrets dating back to the Second World War in this unflinching thriller.
Henry Christie is focused on running his pub, the Tawny Owl, where he learns of the Kendleton protest group's fury with James Twain, a local property developer, and the keen desire of some residents to solve a murder that stretches back to...
31) Death ride
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Severn House, an imprint of Canongate Books Ltd
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2023.
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"On the third day of the Kendleton Country Fair, thirteen-year-old Charlotte Kirkham goes missing. Retired Detective Superintendent Henry Christie is there as a volunteer steward, but Charlotte's sudden disappearance isn't the only thing troubling him. The man with the burger van looks familiar . . . for all the wrong reasons. Leonard Lennox was jailed for twelve years for abducting a young girl. Henry rescued her, unharmed, and helped put Leonard...