Detective Inspector Antonia Hawkins
4 total works
From the bestselling author of The Advent Killer
SHE LOVES ME, SHE LOVES ME NOT ...
The second thrilling novel in the DCI Antonia Hawkins series by Alastair Gunn
When the body of a young woman is found brutally slain on Valentine's Day the press reacts with barely disguised glee. For DCI Antonia Hawkins, still recovering from the terrible wounds inflicted by another killer, the pressure of another high profile murder investigation could barely be worse timed.
But, battling her own physical limitations and under pressure from a new member of the team whose ambition to displace her is barely disguised, Hawkins must discover not just who killed the first victim, but why. Or watch helplessly as others die at the hands of a monster whose been labelled the Valentine Killer...
Praise for My Bloody Valentine:
'Stunning plot twist which I never saw coming . . . brilliantly done' Crime Fiction Lover
Praise for Alastair Gunn:
A truly terrifying debut novel - My Weekly
This is a strong, spell-binding crime novel that shows much promise of dark treasures to come from this author - Crimesquad
The Advent Killer is the electrifying début thriller from British author, Alastair Gunn.
Christmas is coming. One body at a time.
Three weeks before Christmas: Sunday, one a.m. A woman is drowned in her bathtub.
One week later: Sunday, one a.m. A woman is beaten savagely to death, every bone in her body broken.
Another week brings another victim.
As panic spreads across London, DCI Antonia Hawkins, leading her first murder investigation, must stop a cold, careful killer whose twisted motives can only be guessed at, before the next body is found. On Sunday.
When the clock strikes one . . .
A terrifying British début thriller, The Advent Killer introduces DCI Antonia Hawkins, with the second in the series coming from Penguin in 2014. Fans of Chris Carter and Richard Montanari should be paying attention.
Praise for The Advent Killer:
'A truly terrifying debut novel' My Weekly
'Lots of twists and turns that keep you guessing right up to the end' 5***** reader review
'Everything that I want in a really good thriller' 5***** reader review
'Tis the season for dead bodies . . .
Nobody remembers the young men entering the abandoned London flat a few weeks ago. Nobody cares if they left.
Until the unbearable smell of decay.
DCI Antonia Hawkins is called in to view the dead men; three, lying neat in a row. There's no damage to the bodies, no obvious cause of death. Is this a suicide pact? Or is that just how it's meant to look?
If there is a link between the three very different men then Hawkins needs to find it, and fast.
Because unless she does, more are going to die. And they might not all be strangers.
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'Couldn't put it down' 5***** reader review
'First class thriller . . . it gripped me from the start. Plenty of twists and turns' 5***** reader review
'A gripping finale' 5***** reader review
A GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER FOR FANS OF KARIN SLAUGHTER, VAL MCDERMID AND PETER MAY
YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE
A man is found buried in a secluded wood on the outskirts of London. Naked, beaten and bruised; forensics also show that he hasn't eaten in the 24 hours before his murder.
The hunt is on.
As more bodies are unearthed in the same state, DCI Antonia Hawkins struggles to find a pattern in the seemingly random killings.
But who is the hunter?
Hawkins is starting to believe that the victims have all been captured, kept and hunted down like animals by a special kind of killer playing a twisted game.
And so far, the killer is the one winning . . .