Bøger af A. S. French

Some secrets last a lifetime.Frank Walker caught a serial killer. And it ruined his life. Now, after twenty-five years in London, he's back north, living with the father who never loved him, in a community that distrusts him. Being an ex-copper in the Hills is just as bad as walking through that estate in a blue uniform.When his next-door neighbour disappears at the same time as her husband's murder, all of Frank's experience as a detective can't save him from the suspicions of the police and the fury of the locals. And he's the prime suspect in both crimes.Frank needs to discover who's setting him up by recovering hazy memories from his past and confronting the present out to get him. If he doesn't catch a killer, his only future will be sharing a prison with those he's spent most of his life putting behind bars.

Astrid Snow is a woman of mass distraction.'Are you a good woman, Ms Snow?'A deep curve on Astrid's lips made the world stop around her. 'Not very.'The beer chilled her throat, the taste reminding Astrid of the time she threw up over the neighbour's cat. Then she smiled at her companion.They appeared to be a loving couple, the way they held hands as the candle flickered next to them. But they were the opposite of in love. The sparkle in his face wasn't because of desire but concentration to stop him from screaming. She'd already damaged one of his fingers as she squeezed again.Astrid Snow is in America to retrieve a child from the rich father who kidnapped her. A seemingly straightforward rescue from New York leads her into small-town USA and the disappearance of a teenager, a girl whose political activism appears to have upset several people, including the local senator.Astrid has to reach into the dark underbelly of America to discover what happened to the girl who reminds her so much of herself while dealing with the consequences of a sister who hates her.

Catch a killer or save a child. What would you do?DI Jen Flowers thought she'd seen it all after fifteen years on the force, but when a vigilante serial killer hits the city and uses social media to gather supporters, she must fight the public and her doubts to catch a murderer and save her daughter.Suffering from blackouts and abandoned as a child by her father, Ruby Vasquez has been chasing that one scoop to make her an internet star. Living with an alcoholic mother who hates her, Ruby discovers a secret about the vigilante's first victim, which puts her in the killer and DI Flowers' sights.Jen and Ruby have to overcome the secrets in their past while battling each other to discover the Hashtag Killer's identity. Jen will have to choose between keeping her daughter safe or finding a killer, while Ruby will need to decide if becoming famous is more important than doing the right thing.