The Sect

The Craig Crime Series #11

by Catriona King

** The Craig Crime Novels can be read out of sequence or as standalone novels.
Location briefs and character biographies are included at the back of each book. **

About the book

When four bodies are found in rural County Down, drowned and wrapped in cling-film, it seems clear that the team is dealing with a psychopath. But their investigation unveils something even more sinister, as history and belief combine in a killing spree that reaches half way across the world.

Meanwhile, one of the squad's old cases is resolved in an unexpected way and two of Craig's team members struggle with demons of their own.

THE SECT. Be careful what you believe.

The Craig Crime
A Limited Justice
The Grass Tattoo
The Visitor
The Waiting Room
The Broken Shore
The Slowest Cut
The Coercion Key
The Careless Word
The History Suite
The Sixth Estate
The Sect
The Keeper
The Talion Code
The Tribes
The Pact
The Cabal
The Killing Year
The Running of the Deer
The Property
Crossing The Line
The Depths
The Good Woman
Legacy
The Dark
The Farm

362 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 8, 2015

About the author

Catriona King is a doctor and NHS Manager. She was raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland and moved to central London to live and work as a Doctor, where she trained as a police Forensic Medical examiner. She worked closely with the Metropolitan Police on many occasions, and encountered many fascinating people and situations, in both Belfast and London. In recent years, she has lived and worked in Belfast, basing her D.C.I. Craig crime novels in the streets of modern Belfast and Northern Ireland, and locating the fictitious crime headquarters of 'Docklands Coordinated Crime Unit' in one of Belfast's most colourful and oldest districts, Sailortown. Catriona has written since childhood, fiction, fact and reporting. 'A Limited Justice' is her first novel, released on Kindle on 24th August 2012 and in paperback on the 26th October to Five Star Reviews. It follows Detective Chief Inspector Marc Craig and his team, in the hunt for the killer of three people.
There are four further novels in the D.C.I. Craig series: 'The Grass Tattoo', 'The Visitor', 'The Waiting Room' and the fifth book in the Craig Series 'The Broken Shore' released in December 2013. All are available in paperback and e-book. Catriona's sixth novel, 'The Carbon Trail' a standalone espionage thriller set in New York City, will be released in April 2014. Books six and seven in the Craig series called 'The Slowest Cut' and 'The Coercion Key' respectively are currently in edits for release in 2014.
Catriona is active on both Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CatrionaKing... and Twitter https://twitter.com/CatrionaKing1 where she engages about her books. Her website is www.catrionakingbooks.com
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Reviews

[Tom Elder · Rating 5 out of 5]

CATRIONA KING
The Sect.
Wow what a book this is, surely this series of books deserves to be a TV series.
In this book murders are happening and are so very strange this is when Marc Craig gets his team involved. As this is going on there are internal problems for Craig to address as well. Must read book.
5* 05 June 2017.

[R.E. E. Derouin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Sect by Catriona King 4/25/2025 Paper

I’ve not read this series or this author so I had trouble telling the various characters apart. The team of investigators is on the hunt for the killer or killers of four victims, found drowned and wrapped in a clear cover. The murders speak of a sect or quasi-religious group when clues are interrupted.

While the story moves along at a reasonable pace, I found the plot a little too complicated to believe. There were some leaps of logic that seemed created to move the story more easily. Additionally, I was given far more detail on the personal lives of sub characters.

Sorry, but overall I was disappointed and would not recommend the series.

[Rick Weiler · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just okay. I found it difficult to follow the various characters and the story veered in a highly improbable manner that I found off-putting.

[Gary Van Cott · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Another rather improbable plot but actually one of the better books in the series.