Discover the bestselling DS Jessica Daniel series in this three-book omnibus.Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel works for the Greater Manchester Police force. Apart from fighting the daily battle against the northern weather, she also has to deal with exasperating colleagues, a hopeless best friend and managing her ever-growing floordrobe. And that's before she even gets started on some of Manchester's more challenging crimes ...LOCKED IN: When a body is found in a locked house Jessica has little in the way of leads. With a journalist that seems to know more about the case than she does, Jessica is already feeling the pressure to not only discover the killer but also work out how they got in and out of the house. Then a second body shows up in identical circumstances to the first ...VIGILANTE: The national media can't believe their luck with an apparent vigilante on the streets, while Jessica's new boss seems grateful someone else is doing their job for them as the victims are all hardened criminals themselves. The case becomes more complex when forensics matches blood from the apparent killer to a man already behind bars.THE WOMAN IN BLACK: A severed hand is found in the centre of Manchester. With a lengthy missing persons list and frantic families wondering if the body part could belong to their absent loved ones, Jessica has plenty to deal with - and that's before more sinister evidence starts to emerge. The only clue is CCTV footage of a woman in a long black robe placing the hand carefully on the ground but who is the mysterious woman in black?PRAISE FOR KERRY WILKINSON"A crime-writing colossus" The Sun"A strong voice..." Publisher's Weekly"Plotting, high drama and characterization are becoming the hallmarks of his thrillers" Lancashire Evening Post
Recent and upcoming UK releases: 24 October 2023: The Night Of The Sleepover 15 December 2023: After The Sleepover 2024: The Girl On The Side Of The Road 2024: The Missing Body
Kerry Wilkinson has sold more than two million books - and had No.1 crime bestsellers in the UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa and Singapore. He has also written two top-20 thrillers in the United States. His book, Ten Birthdays, won the RNA award for Young Adult Novel of the Year in 2018 and Close To You won the International Thriller Award for best ebook in 2020.
As well as his Jessica Daniel series, Kerry has written a trilogy featuring private investigator Andrew Hunter, the Whitecliff series, the Silver Blackthorn trilogy - a fantasy-adventure serial for young adults - plus numerous standalone novels. He has been published around the world in more than a dozen languages.
Originally from the county of Somerset, Kerry spent way too long living in the north of England, picking up words like 'barm' and 'ginnel'.
When he's short of ideas, he rides his bike, hikes up something, or bakes cakes. When he's not, he writes it all down.
I've never read any Kerry Wilkinson books before, but I picked up this omnibus in the Kindle sale for 99p and decided to give it a go. I'm glad I did, it's a very enjoyable series made better by the fact it's set in Manchester so I recognised a lot of the places. The only downside is the main character is very headstrong and ends up in daft situations,.
I purchased Locked In on it's own and really enjoyed it so couldn't pass on the opportunity of owning this three in one which contained great stories and wonderful characters.
Just finished Thicker than water: Ornery.... very, very ornery. The storyline stumbles and meanders pointlessly and it is a relief when the hackneyed end arrives. Disappointed.