Hi, my name is J.F. Burgess and I'm the author of the DI Tom Blake Murder Murder Squad series of crime novels. NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT: The latest Detective Tom Blake Book A HOUSE OF LIES, a twisting British murder mystery, the prequel is out now! Download the book for FREE from my website NOW>>> https://www.jfburgess.co.uk/ If you have any questions about my books, can get in touch with me here. Reviewers and Advanced readers are always welcome—info@jfburgess.co.uk Author website—https://www.jfburgess.co.uk/ Join my *VIP Reader's Club* to ensure you get all my special offers and forthcoming gripping crime stories, only available to VIP Club members. Pop your name on the list here... https://www.jfburgess.co.uk/vipclub Facebook—Join me and other crime fans for a chat on my Facebook readers group here... https://www.facebook.com/people/JF-Bu... Twitter—https://twitter.com/burgess1012 The DI Tom Blake series is set in the gritty, industrial five towns of Stoke on Trent and the hauntingly beautiful Staffordshire moorland peaks. My police procedurals feature widowed Detective Tom Blake and his faithful Sergeant John Murphy, investigating local crimes, often with wider connections to national and international criminal networks to people trafficking, organised crime, murder, prostitution, and domestic abuse. The first book, "The Killer Shadow Thieves", has been downloaded over 4000 times, hitting the top of Amazons UK crime categories three times. The follow-up, A Place of Reckoning, is a cult serial killer thriller with a 200-year-old secret at the heart of a plot full of unexpected twists, which push the relationships of a rich pottery family into life-threatening conflicts. This has also hit the top 100 of Amazons UK crime categories three times. I live in Stoke on Trent, England, with my wife and two kids. I write tense, gripping, crime fiction mysteries with a twist – or urban crossbreed, as I call it. My thrillers take you deep inside the criminal mind.