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Troubled
In Troubled, the horrific discovery of the naked body of a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl on the banks of the River Don in Sheffield throws DCI Jeremy Cosgrove and his team into a dark world of grooming gangs. Scientist Fenton Nightingale is on the run and out for revenge, still causing havoc with his Trouble arousal cream invention. DCI Cosgrove and DS Theresa Smart know they must catch him to prevent worldwide harm and chaos.
The explicit adult content in this fourth book of my “outrageous” Trouble series of powerful crime thrillers is guaranteed to shock as much as the other three books, maybe even more.
The explicit adult content in this fourth book of my “outrageous” Trouble series of powerful crime thrillers is guaranteed to shock as much as the other three books, maybe even more.
315 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 2, 2021
About the author
Joy Mutter
32 books144 followersAuthor of Random Bullets, 4 books in The Hostile series, Her Demonic Angel, Living with Postcards, Potholes and Magic Carpets, The Mug Trilogy, The Trouble with Liam, The Trouble with Trouble, Trouble in Cornwall, Troubled, Nuru and his Crows, The Storms of Padstow, Punishing the Innocent, The Brothers Grimshaw, A Sunny Day in Oldham, Friends in Need, Chasing her Shadow, and Caravan of Nightmares.
Joy Mutter started writing books in 2007 but waited until 2015 to publish six of them on Amazon. More books soon followed. All her books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. Nine books also have audiobook versions on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.
Joy was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands and lived there for 18 years. After gaining a Graphic Design Degree at Coventry University, she lived and worked in Kent as a professional graphic designer for 20 years. She moved from Kent to Oldham in 2012 and has been writing, designing, and publishing her books full-time ever since.
Her first 3 books are third-person autobiographies and form The Mug Trilogy. Books in this series are A Slice of the Seventies, The Lying Scotsman, and Straws.
Potholes and Magic Carpets is a contemporary character-led novel.
Living with Postcards is her first non-fiction book.
Random Bullets is a psychological thriller with a paranormal twist.
Her Demonic Angel was published in early 2016 in Kindle, paperback, and audiobook. It contains fourteen of Joy Mutter's short stories written in various genres.
In 2016-2017, Joy published The Hostile Series of unusual paranormal crime thrillers. Books in the series are The Hostile, Holiday for The Hostile, The Hostile Game, Confronting The Hostile, and The Hostile Series Box Set. Each book in The Hostile series is available in Kindle, paperback, and audiobook editions.
The Trouble with Liam, a psychological thriller was published in 2018. Between 2019 and 2020, she published 3 erotic thrillers; The Trouble With Trouble, Trouble In Cornwall, and Troubled.
In 2021, Joy published Nuru And His Crows, a dark erotic thriller. Her first novella, The Brothers Grimshaw, was published in 2022 along with A Sunny Day in Oldham. In March 2023, she published her 20th book, The Storms of Padstow, book 2 of the Nuru and his Crows series. Punishing the Innocent, book 3 of the series soon followed.
She then wrote a third-person memoir called The Brothers Grimshaw, and a novel called Friends in Need.
In 2025, she published a thriller called Chasing her Shadow and her second collection of short stories called Caravan of Nightmares.
Joy is currently writing her third collection of short stories.
Joy Mutter started writing books in 2007 but waited until 2015 to publish six of them on Amazon. More books soon followed. All her books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. Nine books also have audiobook versions on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.
Joy was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands and lived there for 18 years. After gaining a Graphic Design Degree at Coventry University, she lived and worked in Kent as a professional graphic designer for 20 years. She moved from Kent to Oldham in 2012 and has been writing, designing, and publishing her books full-time ever since.
Her first 3 books are third-person autobiographies and form The Mug Trilogy. Books in this series are A Slice of the Seventies, The Lying Scotsman, and Straws.
Potholes and Magic Carpets is a contemporary character-led novel.
Living with Postcards is her first non-fiction book.
Random Bullets is a psychological thriller with a paranormal twist.
Her Demonic Angel was published in early 2016 in Kindle, paperback, and audiobook. It contains fourteen of Joy Mutter's short stories written in various genres.
In 2016-2017, Joy published The Hostile Series of unusual paranormal crime thrillers. Books in the series are The Hostile, Holiday for The Hostile, The Hostile Game, Confronting The Hostile, and The Hostile Series Box Set. Each book in The Hostile series is available in Kindle, paperback, and audiobook editions.
The Trouble with Liam, a psychological thriller was published in 2018. Between 2019 and 2020, she published 3 erotic thrillers; The Trouble With Trouble, Trouble In Cornwall, and Troubled.
In 2021, Joy published Nuru And His Crows, a dark erotic thriller. Her first novella, The Brothers Grimshaw, was published in 2022 along with A Sunny Day in Oldham. In March 2023, she published her 20th book, The Storms of Padstow, book 2 of the Nuru and his Crows series. Punishing the Innocent, book 3 of the series soon followed.
She then wrote a third-person memoir called The Brothers Grimshaw, and a novel called Friends in Need.
In 2025, she published a thriller called Chasing her Shadow and her second collection of short stories called Caravan of Nightmares.
Joy is currently writing her third collection of short stories.
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January 9, 2021
The discovery of a naked body on the banks of a river in Sheffield, sets off an immediate police investigation. DCI Cosgrove and his team soon find themselves immersed in the dark world of grooming gangs, manipulation and child abuse. With kooky scientist Fenton Nightingale on the run, Cosgrove and his DS Theresa Smart, realise the inventor and his infamous arousal cream must be stopped at all costs. But the clever cops will have to take care – how will they track down the sex-mad prof and bring him to justice without revealing their own involvement in the villain’s antics?
This is the 4th book in Joy Mutter’s unconventional crime thriller series ‘Troubled’ and like the others, it pulls no punches. Make no mistake – along with the police investigation, this book is packed with explicit details of dozens of sexual encounters. The difference this time around is that it also involves scenes of child sexual abuse that some readers will find offensive and distasteful. The depictions of how teenage girls are lured by the grooming gang have a realistic and unsettling feel in how they’re influenced and controlled by their abusers, all of which can make it a difficult book to read. Having said that, it’s also very funny, with the protagonists landing themselves in weirdly outrageous scenarios and murderous situations at every turn.
Shocking, funny and full of unrestrained sexual antics, (I’ve said it before), you have been warned!
This is the 4th book in Joy Mutter’s unconventional crime thriller series ‘Troubled’ and like the others, it pulls no punches. Make no mistake – along with the police investigation, this book is packed with explicit details of dozens of sexual encounters. The difference this time around is that it also involves scenes of child sexual abuse that some readers will find offensive and distasteful. The depictions of how teenage girls are lured by the grooming gang have a realistic and unsettling feel in how they’re influenced and controlled by their abusers, all of which can make it a difficult book to read. Having said that, it’s also very funny, with the protagonists landing themselves in weirdly outrageous scenarios and murderous situations at every turn.
Shocking, funny and full of unrestrained sexual antics, (I’ve said it before), you have been warned!
March 4, 2023
This is the 4th book in the Troubled series. DCI Cosgrove and DC Theresa Smart are thrown into the dark world of grooming gangs exploiting vulnerable girls and child abuse by those in a position of trust. The scenes with children make difficult reading, so be warned. Excellent writing by Joy Mutter.
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