DEAD OR ALIVE an addictive and heart-pounding British crime thriller: an addictive and heart-pounding British crime thriller - Paperback

by Bill Kitson (Author)

Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Instead he finds a sleepy little town where nothing is what it seems . . .

Two dead bodies, locked in a disused mortuary. In the basement of a hospital that shut its doors over twenty years ago. The irony isn't lost on veteran DI Mike Nash.

The victims have been shot in the head, execution style - by a consummate professional who knows exactly how to cover their tracks, leaving no evidence and no solid leads for Nash to go on.

The deeper Nash digs, the more he fears the past will come back to bite him. These bodies are tied to a dark history of crime and betrayal, and a past case with more loose ends than Nash cares to remember.

It's not long before a third body surfaces. This time the scene's awash with DNA, belonging to a man who died decades ago.

Now Nash must face the chilling possibility that his oldest adversary is behind it all, watching and waiting to take his own brand of deadly vengeance . . .

Discover the utterly stunning new thriller in Bill Kitson's bestselling series, starring grumpy but loveable Detective Mike Nash.

Fans of J.R. Ellis, L.J. Ross, Angela Marsons, J.D. Kirk, Helen H. Durrant, Joy Ellis or Peter Robinson will devour this breathlessly twisty, action-packed thriller.

READERS LOVE DI MIKE NASH:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Intelligent and complex enough to satisfy the most ardent of whodunit fan.' milorambles.com

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'It's all here . . . Will please crime aficionados.' Gazette & Herald

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Mike Nash is a great creation.' Shotsmag, Ron Ellis

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An author who has expertly carved himself a niche in the crime thriller marketplace . . . he knows how to twist the corkscrew.' Scarborough Evening News

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The plot really is fantastic with twists and turns which will keep you page-turning until the early hours.' G.L.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The ending always comes as a surprise. That's what keeps you up until the early hours.' Patty

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Edge-of-chair stuff.' Jan

MIKE NASH

A highly talented detective, he was a rising star in the Metropolitan Police. Following a particularly gruesome case involving a sadistic serial killer, Nash turns down the chance of promotion and heads back to his native county of Yorkshire. He hopes that returning to his roots will bring peace of mind. However, although the pace of life seems gentler, the crimes prove no less horrific. His skills are tested to the limit by a series of violent crimes that threaten to ruin his plans for a more relaxed lifestyle. Nor is his secret ambition to settle down made any easier by his one weakness, a seemingly unquenchable thirst for female company. That is, until . . . ?

LOCATION

The books are set in a fictional rural North Yorkshire with a scattering of market towns, many small villages and countryside that changes from high moorland with dramatic crags, mountain tarns and sparse vegetation, to the gentler, lush agricultural land lower down the valley that is bisected by the river Helm. The town of Helmsdale is where Mike Nash and his team are based, in a sub-division of their headquarters in the larger town of Netherdale. Further to the west is Bishopton, also part of the hub our detectives cover.