Cuckoos on the Mersey. A Scream in the Darkness.

by Conrad Jones

The Third in the series.
Jo Lilly and the Child Protection Team are working with several families in the same area, where their teenage children are being groomed by the local drug dealing network. The police unit working with them, (Protecting Vulnerable Persons Unit) are seriously concerned about the trend of recruiting younger victims, some as young as ten. When two schoolboys are stabbed on the way to school, a double murder investigation begins. Knife crime is a growing concern across the UK and the press focus on the investigation. Macy Bray, age 14 vanishes. The only clue is that witnesses reported hearing a scream in the darkness. Was Macy connected to the ongoing investigation or is something even more sinister in play?

255 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 23, 2024

About the author

Conrad Jones is a best-selling thriller writer with 30 thriller novels.
The Anglesey Murders 10 books
The Soft Target Series 6 books
The Detective Alec Ramsay Series 6 books
The Inspector Braddick Series 4 books
The Journey Series 3 books
Cuckoos on the Mersey

18 of his books are available in audio and his novels have been translated into six languages.
He is always keen to talk to readers and writers alike, jonesconrad5@aol.com

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Reviews

[Dee (readaholic_dee)]

I’m reviewing this series as one because I could not put these books down and just read one after another. Absolutely brilliant work.

This series is a very challenging read in such, it deals with very emotive subjects, which thankfully most of us do not encounter but it strips bare some of the most hard-hitting subjects and brings them into our orbit.

This series had me gripped from the first paragraph, I went through the whole range of emotions whilst reading these books and it really makes you think about the world we live in.

I cannot praise these books highly enough, excellent, well written, fabulous believable characters, you cannot ask for more.

Happy Reading.

[SUSAN GARRETT]

True grit

Conrad Jones has told these crimes as they really are. Most of the people in our town's and cities have no idea as to what is really going on. They read about it on line in the newspapers or on television but are not aware of the violence the police and social workers have to deal with. These are unfortunately the times we live in and a lot of people pay the price.

[sharon cooke]

BRILLIANT

This book was so good and a great follow up to the previous two. Yet again the plot is gritty, real and this time tinged with the reality of the authors recent cancer diagnosis. Thank you for writing these amazing books and I hope you recover to write many more.

[Claire]

great short read

What I love about Conrad Jones books are the characters. If I start reading and instantly want to know what happens to a certain character then I’m in. This is a very short story and focuses on knife crime mixed with the usual low life drug pushers, it’s not a subject for everyone to enjoy but Conrad Jones does it pretty well.

[Elaine Anderson]

I found this book so emotional because of the sheer sadness and desperation of how some people just want to live a 'normal life'. It is sickening to think so much of this is true to life and the fact I have 2 young granddaughters the age of Nina and Macy makes me angry to think of the life some of these young vulnerable adults have and the low life's who abuse them. Just such great writing 🥰

[Marktroth]

cuckoos on the Mersey

Really enjoying this series by Conrad jones and will start the next in the series straight away really glad I’ve found this author already read all of the Alec Ramsay series and his book called zodiac which I thought was brilliant

[Debby Brown]

Great story

Another great story written from today's headlines!! Love all your characters and how you let us get to know them...thank you for such a good read!!

[Mummy]

another fantastic read

Conrad Jones does it again. Every single instalment leave me clambering for more! I literally howled when I finished the last page… epic

[mr gj smith]

Riveting Read.

Great story by the author yet again. Could not put the book down as usual. Conrad has a knack for gripping storylines and intriguing characters.

[Joanne E]

couldn’t put down

Again another fantastic book from Conrad my all time favourite author the book kept me up till the early hours

[Kim Taylor]

Excellent author

Another absolutely fantastic book from Conrad Jones. An absolute must read !! Well done Conrad !! Keep up the good work.

[jennifer ferguson]

Incredible

As always gripping story from the
beginning.flicking between each character. Kudos Conrad
Another great achievement in this book addressing the issues on our streets

[Traci laverack]

Excellent again

[maddie]

Finished in one day (does it count as one day if I've traversed two different time zones?)