First a local criminal is savagely killed, then there’s another . . . As the body count starts to mount, Detective Inspector Scott Baker and his team face a race against time to track down a serial killer who’s methodical, disturbed and unforgiving. His boss seems grateful someone else is doing their job for them and thinks it’s all down to an internal power struggle between the factions of Brighton’s criminal underworld. As the killings become increasingly more savage, can Scott track down the murderer before anyone else dies and before the criminal underworld implodes? If you love police procedurals, hard boiled mysteries, or books from Damian Boyd, Angela Marsons, Helen H Durrant, Mel Sherratt, Lisa Hartley, or Kerry Wilkinson, you’ll enjoy the debut novel in the DI Scott Baker, an exciting new crime thriller and mystery series. Greed is the first in a new series of detective police procedurals featuring D.I. Scott Baker from Brighton and Hove CID. Scott Baker is a single, thirty something Detective Inspector who thrives on the challenges that life throws at him. His personal life, however, haunts him and threatens to break him every day. He treads a fine line between sanity and self-destruction. The police procedural series is set in the coastal resort of Brighton on the South Coast of England. It’s a bustling, vibrant, cosmopolitan town with a rich mix of fun, history and intrigue.Greed is a murder mystery thriller peppered with a sprinkling of romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit.

“Innocence comes at a price…How far would you go to protect it?" A girl’s body washes up on the beach. She needed to be silenced. But what secrets did she take with her to a watery grave? Secrets so dark she had to be eliminated. Detective Inspector Scott Baker and his team are thrown head first into their most challenging case to date. What did the girl know that led to her violent, slow and painful death. As they dig deeper, evidence emerges of an organised trafficking and teen prostitution ring, where girls are commodities, their childhoods erased, and their futures uncertain. The sudden death of a loving mother and devoted wife complicates the case. Is there a connection or is it a tragic random murder? The investigation rocks the team to the core. Emotions run high as they uncover a dark, sick, twisted web of human depravity that causes Scott to question the notion of justice. Scott faces his own demons as the case stirs deep seated grief that he fights hard to contain. Old memories race to the surface making him confront his difficult past and look to the future. It’s now a race against time, can Detective Inspector Scott Baker save the girls from an unknown future of human slavery which offers one outcome…their eventual deaths. Stolen is a gritty police procedural in the DI Scott Baker Crime Series. A story of injustice, greed, control and heartache. Stolen is a murder mystery thriller peppered with a sprinkling of romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit set in the coastal town of Brighton on the south coast. If you love police procedurals, hard boiled mysteries, or books from Damian Boyd, Angela Marsons, Helen H Durrant, Mel Sherratt, Lisa Hartley, or Kerry Wilkinson, you’ll enjoy the second in the DI Scott Baker series. The DI Scott Baker Crime Series don’t have to be read in order; they do all work as stand-alone novels. However, to get the most out of each and to develop a better appreciation of the main characters and their backgrounds, it’s recommended that they are read in the order in which they were written.

They say that school's the happiest time of your life. Perhaps not. Edmunston-Hunt boarding school. An exclusive establishment for the elite. Steeped in history, shrouded in secrecy, bound by traditions and known for its discipline... it’s not your average school. A series of suspicious deaths brings the school to the attention of Sussex Police and Detective Inspector Scott Baker who's thrown into the murky world of elite education and tradition. A wall of silence hinders his investigations, his own force question his tactics and his team are put in danger. Are cryptic clues left at each murder scene the killers tag or message? As Scott is exposed to the brutal traditions of boarding school life, his own personal life takes an unexpected turn following a series of events which leave him questioning if someone's out to get him. As he closes in on the killer, disaster strikes. Cara is in danger, his team are in danger, and Scott faces a life or death crisis. Will they come out of this intact? Yes, school is supposed to be the happiest time of your life, but the message hasn’t reached everyone at Edmunston-Hunt Boarding School for Boys. Retribution is the third gritty police procedural in the DI Scott Baker Crime Series. Retribution is a murder mystery thriller peppered with a sprinkling of romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit set in the coastal town of Brighton on the south coast.

Darkness was her only companion. A young woman’s body is discovered in a remote Sussex location. The female student had been held captive before she was tortured and killed in the most heinous manner. Detective Inspector Scott Baker and his team must uncover the events that led to her tragic death. The savagery of the murder points to a twisted and deranged psychopath with a propensity to exact extreme violence. A killer with the darkest of minds. A depraved individual whose actions go beyond the realms of rational thinking. Stalking his victims, the killer is preying on lone female students that match his specific taste. With no evidence and no witnesses, the killer is set on making it hard for those investigating to find him. Will Scott catch a murderer who’s lost his grip on reality? Unexpectedly, another student is murdered in exactly the same circumstances. Scott and the team must get to this terrifying and sadistic killer before panic sets in amongst an already nervous student population. The eyes of the force are on Scott as the pressure mounts to get a result. With few clues to go on, Scott’s job becomes harder when a face from his past resurfaces to haunt him and shake up his new life. A moral dilemma ensues that forces Scott to put his career and relationship on the line. Faced with mounting pressure, can Scott turn this around before his life and career spiral out of control?

Scream! Scream Louder! Suffering in silence is not an option. Shadows of the night bring fear. Children are missing. Parents hide in terror. The end of summer heralds a time when everything slows down, but for DI Scott Baker and his team, everything speeds up as body parts turn up around Brighton. The murders are both horrific and beyond anything Brighton CID have witnessed. A sadistic killer is targeting the children of asylum seekers, leaving them dumped and mutilated. The young victims experienced unimaginable horrors in their final moments. Scott’s holiday and his blossoming relationship with Cara appear a distant memory as he’s thrust into tracking down a ruthless killer and identifying the innocent victims. A wall of silence and a terrified community who trust no one, especially the police, forces Scott to reach out for help as the case spirals out of control. Frustration hangs over Scott like a stormy cloud, as officials and hostile locals undermine the team's progress. If you love british police procedurals, murder mysteries, hard-boiled mysteries, or books from Damian Boyd, Helen H Durrant, or Kerry Wilkinson, you’ll enjoy the latest novel in the DI Scott Baker, an exciting crime thriller and mystery series. Scott Baker is a thirty-something detective inspector who thrives on the challenges that life throws at him. His personal life, however, haunts him and threatens to break him every day. He treads a fine line between sanity and self-destruction. Sacrifice is the fifth novel in a series. They don’t have to be read in order; they do all work as stand-alone novels. However, to get the most out of each and to develop a better appreciation of the main characters and their backgrounds, it’s recommended that they are read in the order in which they were written.

A woman is murdered. Her husband powerless to help as he's forced to witness her brutal and painful death. A killer who's inflicting the most horrific of deaths...and he's only just started! Innocent lives have been taken but the pact had been made. Two damaged souls. And a life that would destroy them both. DI Scott Baker and his team are back with another gripping case, as they investigate the horrific slaying. As the body count rises with exactly the same MO, Scott and the team pull out all the stops in a race to find the lethal and calculated psychopath before it’s too late. With no motives and no forensic evidence, the cases are going nowhere. Scott never expected to receive a call that would change the path of the investigation. Suddenly, Scott’s looking over his shoulder. Is he becoming the hunted? Or is the killer playing a game of cat and mouse? The gripping sixth novel in the thrilling crime series by Jay Nadal. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Helen H Durrant, Malcolm Hollingdrake and Mel Comley.

One chilly autumn evening, Linda Allen, a mother of two went on a night out, she never came back... Lust, passion and love is a heady mixture. It was a drug for Linda Allen. Scott Baker and the team are back! Scott has enough on his plate with a depleted team So rubbing shoulders with Brighton's dignitaries and making polite conversation, was the last thing he wanted. When a councillor approaches him with an unusual request, Scott's forced to revisit an unsolved case of a missing person. To pile on the pressure, a body of a woman is discovered hidden in a shallow grave. As Scott and the team piece together the woman's life, a complicated web of broken, desperate relationships begin to surface. Was it an act of lust, passion or love that went too far? With no suspects or witnesses, Scott fights to unravel the mystery as the killer becomes brazen and desperate.