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DI Jack MacIntosh #1-4
The Complete Detective Jack MacIntosh Mysteries Books 1–4
In this 4-book box set:
BOOK 1: SEVEN DAYS TO DIE
A young woman is discovered strangled in Hyde Park. Wearing only one shoe. Close to the body, Detective Jack MacIntosh finds a black stiletto, diamante buckle glinting in the early morning sun. But it doesn’t belong to the victim. Two days later, another young woman is found strangled to death in nearby Green Park. Wearing just one shoe — the matching stiletto. Hidden in the long grass beside the body, the police uncover a low-heeled court shoe. Detective Jack and his team are in a race against time to find the owner of the court shoe before it’s too late.
BOOK 2: FIFTEEN REASONS TO KILL
Eighty-one-year-old Eddie Wakefield is found brutally murdered at the nursing home where he lives. Crudely carved into his flesh — while he was still alive — is the number fifteen. Then the second body is discovered. Stabbed to death in their own home. Again, the number fifteen is etched into the dead man’s flesh. What is the significance of the number fifteen . . . and are Detective Jack and his team prepared for the horrifying truth?
BOOK 3: SIXTEEN CARVED PIECES
Billie-Rose’s bloodstained body is found in her ground-floor flat. She’s been strangled to death. Daubed on the wall in Billie-Rose’s own blood is a strange symbol: a bishop’s mitre. All Detective Jack MacIntosh can think is: He’s back. Four years earlier, four young women were also strangled to death in their own homes, the same weird symbol scrawled on the wall. The work of the killer they call the Bishop. Is he back to kill again?
Book 4: TWENTY YEARS BURIED
The call comes in the early hours. Human remains have been discovered in a suitcase, dumped on the banks of the River Thames. Detective Jack races to the scene. The suitcase contains a human torso, two arms and two legs. It’s the body of a young girl. But where is her head? Then a skull is found embedded in the silt of the riverbed. But it doesn’t belong to the body in the case. As the river offers up its gruesome secrets, Jack uncovers a tangled web of shocking secrets stretching back twenty years.
BOOK 1: SEVEN DAYS TO DIE
A young woman is discovered strangled in Hyde Park. Wearing only one shoe. Close to the body, Detective Jack MacIntosh finds a black stiletto, diamante buckle glinting in the early morning sun. But it doesn’t belong to the victim. Two days later, another young woman is found strangled to death in nearby Green Park. Wearing just one shoe — the matching stiletto. Hidden in the long grass beside the body, the police uncover a low-heeled court shoe. Detective Jack and his team are in a race against time to find the owner of the court shoe before it’s too late.
BOOK 2: FIFTEEN REASONS TO KILL
Eighty-one-year-old Eddie Wakefield is found brutally murdered at the nursing home where he lives. Crudely carved into his flesh — while he was still alive — is the number fifteen. Then the second body is discovered. Stabbed to death in their own home. Again, the number fifteen is etched into the dead man’s flesh. What is the significance of the number fifteen . . . and are Detective Jack and his team prepared for the horrifying truth?
BOOK 3: SIXTEEN CARVED PIECES
Billie-Rose’s bloodstained body is found in her ground-floor flat. She’s been strangled to death. Daubed on the wall in Billie-Rose’s own blood is a strange symbol: a bishop’s mitre. All Detective Jack MacIntosh can think is: He’s back. Four years earlier, four young women were also strangled to death in their own homes, the same weird symbol scrawled on the wall. The work of the killer they call the Bishop. Is he back to kill again?
Book 4: TWENTY YEARS BURIED
The call comes in the early hours. Human remains have been discovered in a suitcase, dumped on the banks of the River Thames. Detective Jack races to the scene. The suitcase contains a human torso, two arms and two legs. It’s the body of a young girl. But where is her head? Then a skull is found embedded in the silt of the riverbed. But it doesn’t belong to the body in the case. As the river offers up its gruesome secrets, Jack uncovers a tangled web of shocking secrets stretching back twenty years.
- GenresCrime
1633 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 2, 2023
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February 7, 2024
Really enjoyed these four books. I liked the way the dates were shown and where the action was taking place, either currently or in the past. So easy to read and very well written. All four books continued on from one another which made it more interesting. Jack Macintosh is a likeable character, as are all the other members of his team. I highly recommend these books. Hard to put down. I hope there is more to follow.
March 6, 2024
Excellent series if you like a bit of gruesome crime. ;)
I wasn't always into the stories, the subplot of Jack's brother and Jack's brother's girlfriend distracted from the overall mysteries but I never stopped reading which is amazing as using text-to-speak the entire collection runs to forty hours. I was actually shipping Jack and Carmichael myself. 😚. The team of junior homicide detectives led by Jack were fun to follow as they developed their slills.
I wasn't always into the stories, the subplot of Jack's brother and Jack's brother's girlfriend distracted from the overall mysteries but I never stopped reading which is amazing as using text-to-speak the entire collection runs to forty hours. I was actually shipping Jack and Carmichael myself. 😚. The team of junior homicide detectives led by Jack were fun to follow as they developed their slills.
January 6, 2024
I couldn’t stop reading!
4 books back to back and they were enthralling. My brain went backwards and forwards ‘did he didn’t he’ on so many occasions. By the fourth conclusion I felt that I knew the characters like friends. It couldn’t have ended better for me but please Michelle, let’s have a book 5!
4 books back to back and they were enthralling. My brain went backwards and forwards ‘did he didn’t he’ on so many occasions. By the fourth conclusion I felt that I knew the characters like friends. It couldn’t have ended better for me but please Michelle, let’s have a book 5!
January 27, 2024
Cleverly plotted series
The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but are best read in order - there is a very personal case running through the life of Jack Macintosh.
The team is likeable and dedicated and the cases are gruesome but gripping! I have already got book 5 on pre-order, can't wait to find out the next twist in the tale. 😉
The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but are best read in order - there is a very personal case running through the life of Jack Macintosh.
The team is likeable and dedicated and the cases are gruesome but gripping! I have already got book 5 on pre-order, can't wait to find out the next twist in the tale. 😉
March 24, 2024
Jack McIntosh expect the unexpected
Read these 4 books and loved how they just roll into each other although Jack doesn't always follow the law to the letter his end justified the means you think you've solved the mystery and someone else pops up really enjoyable for readers who like crime fiction
Read these 4 books and loved how they just roll into each other although Jack doesn't always follow the law to the letter his end justified the means you think you've solved the mystery and someone else pops up really enjoyable for readers who like crime fiction
December 13, 2025
The Complete Detective Jack MacIntosh Mysteries Books 1–4 by Michelle Kidd.
This box set of 4 books is set in the UK and reads like one of the british detective crime shows you see on TV. Each book contains a separate story but there is an overall story arc that continues over the 4 books. An enjoyable read.
This box set of 4 books is set in the UK and reads like one of the british detective crime shows you see on TV. Each book contains a separate story but there is an overall story arc that continues over the 4 books. An enjoyable read.
December 9, 2023
Brilliant
Really enjoyed reading this boxset, fantastic characters first-class plot developing slowly drawing you in keeping you turning the pages to the end.really enjoyed reading these books
Really enjoyed reading this boxset, fantastic characters first-class plot developing slowly drawing you in keeping you turning the pages to the end.really enjoyed reading these books
December 23, 2023
A great read
Started reading the first book and got hooked, so thought I'd try the second, have now read all four and wish there were more. A really good story line and brilliant writing. Thank you
Started reading the first book and got hooked, so thought I'd try the second, have now read all four and wish there were more. A really good story line and brilliant writing. Thank you
March 20, 2024
Brilliant
This box sent was really good very one of the books were worth reading they kept you guessing right to the end also you got to know the people involved looking forward to the next box set of Jack Macintosh
This box sent was really good very one of the books were worth reading they kept you guessing right to the end also you got to know the people involved looking forward to the next box set of Jack Macintosh
April 11, 2024
very easy reading
Enjoyed series of books….i very much enjoy working out who did what etc to whom….very well written…good story lines and enjoyable to read.
Very good characters …well written so you become Jack or Mac whichever character is at the forefront….next?
Enjoyed series of books….i very much enjoy working out who did what etc to whom….very well written…good story lines and enjoyable to read.
Very good characters …well written so you become Jack or Mac whichever character is at the forefront….next?
May 9, 2024
Absolutely Hard To Put Down
I liked the characters, well minus the bad guys. Like putting together a puzzle you can't wait to see finished, if kept me staying up longer than I should of and regretting it every morning. 5 Star's well deserved!
I liked the characters, well minus the bad guys. Like putting together a puzzle you can't wait to see finished, if kept me staying up longer than I should of and regretting it every morning. 5 Star's well deserved!
July 20, 2024
A honest got God page turner
I read these stories back to back which is unusual for me. as I get bored very easily. The one thing I hate is coincidence and there are a couple of times it reads its ugly head but on the whole it didn't spoil my experience.
I read these stories back to back which is unusual for me. as I get bored very easily. The one thing I hate is coincidence and there are a couple of times it reads its ugly head but on the whole it didn't spoil my experience.
October 24, 2024
Terrific reading
Each book describes excellent crime stories interspersed with the complex and difficult lives of Inspector Macintosh and his brother. All the books are thoroughly enjoyable reads.
Each book describes excellent crime stories interspersed with the complex and difficult lives of Inspector Macintosh and his brother. All the books are thoroughly enjoyable reads.
November 6, 2024
No sleep, lots of whiskey and beer, coffee made with boiling water, then drank "scalding hot", this very dodgy character makes it to Inspector? Frustrating in lots of places. Chapter headings were pretty annoying too. I read the whole series though, so it gave me something to do.
June 8, 2025
Jack Macintosh
Great stories-well written Progression a bit slow at times Some flashbacks were difficult to follow
Loved the ending! Some unexpected twists !
I do hope there will for another book or 2 about Jack Macintosh
Great stories-well written Progression a bit slow at times Some flashbacks were difficult to follow
Loved the ending! Some unexpected twists !
I do hope there will for another book or 2 about Jack Macintosh
November 16, 2023
Excellent
Riveting storylines. Only thing I didn’t like, was another slovenly detective who liked his booze too much. Tidy him up
Riveting storylines. Only thing I didn’t like, was another slovenly detective who liked his booze too much. Tidy him up
November 18, 2023
excellent read
One of the best detective reads , all four books were so good and more believable than lots of other books I have read 👍🏻
One of the best detective reads , all four books were so good and more believable than lots of other books I have read 👍🏻
November 25, 2023
Briliant read
Could not put this down. Fast paced with lots of twists. Brilliant series, a real pleasure to read. Really need to read the next in series
Could not put this down. Fast paced with lots of twists. Brilliant series, a real pleasure to read. Really need to read the next in series
November 30, 2023
Great Series
This series has a lot of really good twists and turns. I had a hard time shutting off my Kindle at night. I couldn’t wait to read what would happen next.
This series has a lot of really good twists and turns. I had a hard time shutting off my Kindle at night. I couldn’t wait to read what would happen next.
December 17, 2023
good read
I enjoyed reading this series. Was definitely a page turner in each book. I’ll be reading another of Michelle kidd’s books
I enjoyed reading this series. Was definitely a page turner in each book. I’ll be reading another of Michelle kidd’s books
January 17, 2024
I liked it although I found all the coincidences of the characters knowing each other a bit tiresome
January 23, 2024
Not so good
Too much like so many previous stories. Sam plots you feel that you have read the stories may times before
Too much like so many previous stories. Sam plots you feel that you have read the stories may times before
February 24, 2024
More please!
Gripping, brilliant read. Bonus reading all books in one. Will there be more from Jack and Co? Will search for more!
Gripping, brilliant read. Bonus reading all books in one. Will there be more from Jack and Co? Will search for more!
March 1, 2024
thoroughly enjoyed
I was t sure to begin with but soon got drawn into the characters. I hope that there are more from this author soon
I was t sure to begin with but soon got drawn into the characters. I hope that there are more from this author soon
March 6, 2024
Brilliant
Sophisticated plot reply woven. Clever, suspenseful and one of the most entertaining reads ever, You won't regret this little gem.
Sophisticated plot reply woven. Clever, suspenseful and one of the most entertaining reads ever, You won't regret this little gem.
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April 3, 2024Excellent
The best series I have read in ages. Great characters and excellent storylines. would make excellent tv drama series. Great stuff.
The best series I have read in ages. Great characters and excellent storylines. would make excellent tv drama series. Great stuff.
April 4, 2024
Really enjoyed this series of four books about a maverick Detective! Kept me out of mischief whilst on holiday. Looking forward to the next book.
Julian Tremayne, Pocklington, East Yorkshire
Julian Tremayne, Pocklington, East Yorkshire
May 30, 2024
Don't miss.
Read them all in almost quick succession, highly recommended for all murder mystery fans, will be following this author from now, especially liked her writing style.
Read them all in almost quick succession, highly recommended for all murder mystery fans, will be following this author from now, especially liked her writing style.
June 2, 2024
A brilliant read
Absolutely loved this series of books, great characters and story running through all 4 can't wait to read number 5
Absolutely loved this series of books, great characters and story running through all 4 can't wait to read number 5
June 22, 2024
Good read
Really enjoyed this series and getting to know all the characters and how their pasts have overlapped into current day
Lots of twists and turns
Really enjoyed this series and getting to know all the characters and how their pasts have overlapped into current day
Lots of twists and turns
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