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Paul Finch is a former cop and journalist, now full-time writer. Having originally written for the television series THE BILL plus children's animation and DOCTOR WHO audio dramas, he went on to write horror, but is now best known for his crime / thriller fiction.

He won the British Fantasy Award twice and the International Horror Guild Award, but since then has written two parallel series of hard-hitting crime novels, the Heck and the Lucy Clayburn novels, of which three titles have become best-sellers.

Paul lives in Wigan, Lancashire, UK with his wife and children. ...more

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Wildblood takes on a new horde of slayers

I’m very pleased today to be able to unveil my next medieval action-adventure novel, THE DARK ARMY, and to announce that it’s now available for pre-order. Just follow the link.

Those who enjoy historical adventure fiction might already be aware that this is the second in the THURSTAN WILDBLOOD SERIES, and the immediate sequel to THE DEVIL’S KNIGHT, and that it is my fourth foray into this Read more of this blog post »

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	Stalkers (DS Heckenburg, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 3,600 ratings — published 2013 — 23 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
	Sacrifice (DS Heckenburg, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 2,456 ratings — published 2013 — 18 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 Killing Club (DS Heckenburg, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 1,838 ratings — published 2014 — 20 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
	Dead Man Walking (DS Heckenburg, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 1,412 ratings — published 2014 — 15 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
	Strangers (Lucy Clayburn, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 1,506 ratings — published 2016 — 9 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 Island 3.45 avg rating — 1,676 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Ashes to Ashes (DS Heckenburg, #6) 4.18 avg rating — 1,352 ratings — published 2017 — 11 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
	Hunted (DS Heckenburg, #5) 4.21 avg rating — 1,189 ratings — published 2015 — 11 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
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	Doctor Who: Hunter's Moon 3.67 avg rating — 1,008 ratings — published 2011 — 16 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

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“Hatfield grinned. ‘Dorothy, but she told me to call her Dot.”
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“Heck shrugged, grinned.”
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