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Chris Merritt

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Website

http://www.cjmerritt.co.uk

Twitter

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Genre

Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Influences

Jo Nesbo, Mark Billingham, Val McDermid, Michael Connelly, William Boy ...more

Member Since

August 2018

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/chris_merritt

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Hello! I'm a British author whose crime thrillers combine psychology, suspense, and characters you care about.

All my novels are set in London, where I live. My first trilogy starred Zac Boateng and Kat Jones, two detectives motivated by family, who tackle organised crime and police corruption. LAST WITNESS, the second Boateng and Jones book, reached #13 in the UK Kindle chart in 2019.

My second series features detective Dan Lockhart - an ex-soldier with a missing wife - and psychologist Dr Lexi Green, an American living in London. These novels are darker, more psychological serial-killer cases, with romantic relationships as a central theme.

I began writing fiction in 2014, after previous careers as a diplomat, based in Iraq and Jerusalem, an ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 10,353 ratings · 969 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Knock Knock (Detectives Lockhart and Green, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 5,537 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Home 3.82 avg rating — 1,865 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who's Next? (Detectives Lockhart and Green #2) 4.35 avg rating — 787 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Souls (Detectives Lockhart and Green #3) 4.38 avg rating — 677 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Witness (Detective Zac Boateng #2) 4.10 avg rating — 701 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bring Her Back (Detective Zac Boateng #1) 4.03 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life or Death (Detective Zac Boateng #3) 4.34 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Committed 4.25 avg rating — 61 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	NEW-The New Home: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LA Portfolio 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Detectives Lockhart and Green (3 books)
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This month's book selection challenge/theme is: Books with the same color on the cover.

Which of these books would you prefer to read as December's 2021's book club selection?

When Christmas Comes by Andrew Klavan

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The New Home by Chris Merritt

1 vote, 33.3%

The Family Across the Street by Nicole Trope

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