The Hollow Men

by Rob McCarthy

Published 25 February 2016

A new must-read crime series for fans of Mark Billingham and Sarah Hilary: the perfect blend of detective and medical drama.

Meet Dr Harry Kent. Former Army medic, hospital registrar, police surgeon, drug addict and defender of anyone the world would rather brush aside. His critics say he has a weakness for lost causes.

Usually his police work means minor injuries and mental health assessments. But Solomon Idris's case is different. Solomon Idris has taken eight people hostage in a chicken takeaway, and is demanding a lawyer and a BBC reporter. Harry is sent in to treat the clearly ill teenager...before the siege goes horribly wrong.

When Solomon's life is put in danger again from the safety of a critical care ward, it becomes clear he knows something people will kill to protect.

Determined to uncover the secret that drove the boy to such desperate action, Harry soon realises that someone in the medical world, someone he may even know, has broken the doctors' commandment 'do no harm' many times over.

And now only he stands in the way of them causing further hurt...


A Handful of Ashes

by Rob McCarthy

Published 9 March 2017

Crime's most original series character returns in a gripping new case.

Dr Harry Kent is on the edge...

He works too hard, sleeps too little, hardly sees daylight.

And then the Met police call him out to certify the suicide of a whistleblower from a world-renowned London children's hospital - a trainee children's surgeon who accused her boss of negligence.

Except someone held Susan Bayliss down...

The grieving parents of the children who died demand answers. The hospital is stonewalling. Everyone has secrets - it's up to Harry and DCI Frankie Noble to find out which were worth killing for.

But Harry's taking this personally... and that means trouble's on its way.