Крис Симмс — новинки

Something deadly is moving through the Manchester night. Bodies of rough sleepers are being found in abandoned buildings and forgotten corners. On the street, rumours circulate of a raven-winged presence that appears and vanishes at will.

Searching for a more rational explanation, Detective Jon Spicer is shocked to discover a single black feather at the scene of the latest death.

Then the troubled daughter of Manchester’s mayor runs away. Tasked with finding her, Jon is sent to live among the city’s homeless community. Once there, he quickly realises that, after sunset, anyone without shelter should fear the Dark Angel.

Will your next move be your last? Manchester: an injured survivor from a motorway pile-up flees the scene, leaving behind evidence that a terror attack is being planned... Jon Spicer, newly trained as a Specialist Firearms Officer, has joined Manchester police's Counter Terrorism Unit. Thrown out of his previous department and demoted to Detective Constable, he is…

Fifth book in the critically-acclaimed Jon Spicer series, also includes the opening of the sixth novel in the series, Cut Adrift. Reviews 'I'll be downloading more of Chris Simms' books ASAP. I feel like I've found a hidden gem.' (Amazon Reader Review - Pecking Order)

Chris Simms has been quietly building one of the best police procedural series in this country. (CATHOLIC HERALD)

Pacy, gripping and original storytelling (YORKSHIRE POST)

This highly polished study of madness and murder shows how well Simms' talent is maturing. (SHOTS MAGAZINE)

A must-read for those who like their crime fiction psychological (DEADLY PLEASURES MAGAZINE)

The story's dramatic events are drawn out, gradually building to a page-turning, heart-stopping - and totally unexpected - ending. (THE BOOK PLACE)

The novel's high-quality storytelling has an authentic, documentary feel' (CITY LIFE MAGAZINE)

Book description It's the phone call DI Jon Spicer has long dreaded - his wild younger brother, Dave, has been found dead: murdered and horribly mutilated. Jon had hoped to steer him away from his drug-fuelled, self-destructive fate, but now must face the fact he failed. Full of anger, Jon heads to the town where Dave's body was discovered, bent on finding the killer.

Meanwhile, Dave's young girlfriend, Zoe, is trapped in an inner-city hell. Vulnerable, destitute and now alone, she is being hunted by the vicious criminal Dave owed money to.

Arriving in the Peak District, Jon finds a community with plenty to hide. With Zoe's time running out and his own family cracking under the strain, Jon realises the truth of his brother's death lies in two places: a frightened girl trapped somewhere among Manchester's tower-blocks and out on the bleak heights overlooking the secretive rural town.

About the Author Chris Simms' acclaimed first novel in the DI Spicer series, KILLING THE BEASTS was selected as a Best Crime book for 2005 by SHOTS magazine. He was then selected as a Waterstone's Author for the Future, one of 25 writers tipped by publishers, editors and agents, to produce the most impressive body of work over the next quarter century. Since then he has been nominated several times for the THEAKSTON'S CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR and for CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DAGGERS. Chris lives in Manchester.

Find out more on his official web site, www.chrissimms.info or, for regular postings, see his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AuthorChrisSimms

Seventh in the critically-acclaimed DI Spicer series. Out walking with his family in the local park, Jon Spicer's life is shattered forever. The dog - aggressive and huge - appears from nowhere. At first, Jon assumes the attack was random. Soon, other events force him to think again. With his family under threat, Jon can do only one thing: fight back. The pursuit leads him far from his home city of Manchester to the unfamiliar territory of Ireland - and a remote village where his family are originally from... Praise for the DI Spicer series. 'I'll be downloading more of Chris Simms' books ASAP. I feel like I've discovered a hidden gem.' (Amazon Reader review) 'Chris Simms has been quietly building one of the best police procedural series in this country.' (CATHOLIC HERALD)

The body of a woman with her throat ripped out is found on Saddleworth Moor, near Manchester. She is discovered in an area where numerous sightings of a mysterious big black cat have been made. When analysis shows the hairs caught under her nails are those of a panther, it’s assumed the animal has killed its first human victim. But then a man DI Jon Spicer is investigating as part of an entirely different case is murdered in exactly the same way. Only this time the body is found in a secluded car park – a popular gay rendezvous far closer to the city centre. Soon DI Spicer finds himself hunting a killer dubbed The Monster of the Moor, a creature whose stealth and savagery strike terror into the local population and way beyond.

DI Jon Spicer’s investigation into the vicious slaying of a Russian asylum-seeker grinds to a halt when the man’s identity turns out to be false. It seems the only truth to his story was the fact he was found drifting off the British coast in a small boat.
Before the man’s true identity can be discovered, more asylum-seekers start to die – each murdered in the same horrific way. By the time Spicer realises what links the men, he knows there’s a trained assassin at large who’s desperate to guard a secret of enormous magnitude. And when he ignores MI5’s warnings to back-off, he also becomes the target of a man whose sole purpose is to kill.

And all the while, a series of heartbreaking and enigmatic messages are being found drifting in from the sea – slowly revealing the appalling plight of a group of refugees trapped on a raft.

"A persuasive, original plot. Realism about the underside of modern life is combined with psychological insight in an excellent thriller."―Jessica Mann, Literary Review The deliberate torching of a church creates outrages across Manchester, and when a charred corpse and satanic symbols are found in the smoking ruins, detective Jon Spicer and the city’s Major Incident Team are called in. Spicer quickly finds himself drawn into the depths of a horrifying religious underworld he didn’t know existed. Soon, fresh killings bring the realization that those responsible for the burnings are prepared to commit even more brutal crimes in their twisted homage to God. As emotions and paranoia flare throughout Manchester, Spicer fears for those closest to him as he struggles to halt the continuing atrocities.

Маньяк по прозвищу Мясник не просто убивает женщин - он сдирает с них кожу и оставляет рядом с обезображенными телами. Единственное, что объединяет его жертв, - все они были в той или иной степени недовольны своей внешностью и хотели исправить ее с помощью пластической операции. Возможно, убийца - врач? Или, напротив, - бывший пациент пластических хирургов?…

Маньяк по прозвищу Мясник не просто убивает женщин - он сдирает с них кожу и оставляет рядом с обезображенными телами. Единственное, что объединяет его жертв, - все они были в той или иной степени недовольны своей внешностью и хотели исправить ее с помощью пластической операции. Возможно, убийца - врач? Или, напротив, - бывший пациент пластических хирургов?…

Манчестер вот уже много лет называют криминальной столицей Англии. В этом городе полицейским приходится непросто - им противостоят и печально знаменитые на весь мир футбольные фанаты, и многочисленные уличные банды, и вечно воюющие между собой криминальные группировки... Но сейчас Манчестер охвачен настоящим страхом. Загадочный маньяк снова и снова…