Mark Pemberton Cases
3 primary works
Book 1
Detective Superintendent Mark Pemberton needs a holiday. Hoping to get him out of his workaholic rut, his Chief assigns him a more laid-back case: providing security for US Vice-President Hartley on his trip to the UK.
Hartley is visiting to research his family history so, prepared as ever, Pemberton gets the jump on his new charge and does some reconnaissance before the VP's arrival. But he finds a little more than he's bargained for. Among the prosperous ancestors dotting sleepy English villages, he stumbles across a strange death in the family dating back to 1916.
Private James Hartley was found dead with a bullet in his brain but nothing more is known. Was it murder or suicide? The more Pemberton investigates, the more he is convinced something horrible took place and that the Hartley family themselves could have been involved.
Desperate to solve this cold case, will Pemberton be able to uncover enough clues to solve this ninety-year-old mystery? Or will these dark family secrets remain hidden?
Family Ties was first published in 1994 and was written by the best-selling author behind the beloved Heartbeat TV series.
Hartley is visiting to research his family history so, prepared as ever, Pemberton gets the jump on his new charge and does some reconnaissance before the VP's arrival. But he finds a little more than he's bargained for. Among the prosperous ancestors dotting sleepy English villages, he stumbles across a strange death in the family dating back to 1916.
Private James Hartley was found dead with a bullet in his brain but nothing more is known. Was it murder or suicide? The more Pemberton investigates, the more he is convinced something horrible took place and that the Hartley family themselves could have been involved.
Desperate to solve this cold case, will Pemberton be able to uncover enough clues to solve this ninety-year-old mystery? Or will these dark family secrets remain hidden?
Family Ties was first published in 1994 and was written by the best-selling author behind the beloved Heartbeat TV series.
Book 3
'Father, I committed murder...I haven't been to confession since then...God forgive me...she didn't deserve that...' Detective Superintendent Mark Pemberton is first on the scene of a deadly car accident and he overhears a deathbed confession that sends him reeling. With his last breath, James Browning admits to killing a woman - the problem for Pemberton? No murders have been reported.
But when a woman's body is found in the woods a few days later, Pemberton gets more than he bargained for. The victim is missing her shoes - the strange calling card of a serial killer who has terrorised the country for a decade.
Has Pemberton inadvertently stumbled upon the mass murderer eluding the police? Or does he have another murder on his hands?
This chilling thriller is the third in Nicholas Rhea's Mark Pemberton series.
Confession was first published in 1997.
But when a woman's body is found in the woods a few days later, Pemberton gets more than he bargained for. The victim is missing her shoes - the strange calling card of a serial killer who has terrorised the country for a decade.
Has Pemberton inadvertently stumbled upon the mass murderer eluding the police? Or does he have another murder on his hands?
This chilling thriller is the third in Nicholas Rhea's Mark Pemberton series.
Confession was first published in 1997.
Book 4
