Murder Squad

Series · 4 books · 2020

By M.A. Comley, Emmy Ellis

Books in series

Tic Tac Toe

2020

DI Bethany Smith finds herself searching for a killer who is playing a game. Noughts and crosses should be innocent enough, but the American title brings a sinister slant… The state of the bodies is nothing but macabre, sickening. What do the clues mean? Forehead carvings. Drawing pins. A body part snipped off. The game grid has nine boxes for nine bodies, but someone else ruins Zac’s plan, meaning he has a spare box to fill. Who does he choose? And can Bethany ever get over the discovery of that victim? With some corpses discovered en masse, it might be time to call in DI Tracy Collier from Serious Crimes but, as usual, Bethany is determined her team will solve this, and she’ll do everything she can to make it happen.

Dot to Dot

2020

DI Tracy Collier is enjoying a lazy Sunday off when the dreaded call comes in. A dead body has been discovered, and it isn’t a pretty sight. Why has the killer drained the victim’s blood—and what do the dots on her torso mean? It soon becomes clear the killer has issues. The clues left behind mean nothing to Tracy. They’re random and make no sense to anyone except the one leaving them there. As more murders are committed, different clues create extra confusion. What does raw liver have to do with anything? And why don’t the dead women own a toothbrush? Mike Redmond knows the answer, and he’s hoping the police will realise the importance of his clues. He needs the whole world to know why he’s killing—and he’ll keep going until someone understands…

Truth or Dare

2020

DI Helena Stratton has a new case on her hands, one that leaves her perplexed as to who is going around murdering people. With a handful of obvious suspects, it’s a case of narrowing it down to one. The problem is, everyone is so nice… The killer is removing hearts, hacking them out as though it means nothing, but it means everything—to them, at least. Their past was such that their mind is twisted, and killing is the only way forward. What is so important about the window? What do the fox and crow mean? And why is there rage inside the killer, so much so that they’ve created two sides of themselves—one called Nasty, the other known as Nice? Helena aims to find out before the body count gets even higher…

Hide and Seek

2020

A thirteen-year-old girl has been missing for a week with no sign of her ever showing up. Until she does. Her body has been left in a car park, naked, filthy, her face covered in garish makeup, her hair in pigtails. Prior to her death, she’d been talking to an online predator… DI Bethany Smith has the job of informing the girl’s parents their daughter isn’t coming home. Then another girl is discovered, again naked and filthy, the same makeup, the pigtails, except this child has white ankle socks on. Do they mean something to the killer? That killer has been murdering for most of his life. As a boy, he tortured and took the lives of small animals, doing so to relieve the pain of an unstable upbringing. That isn’t an excuse, especially when he progresses to humans over the years. Some have just upset him, but the girls…the girls have a special meaning. Why does he want their legs to grow out of the soil? Will Elsa and Karly, two others he’s been grooming, tell the police what’s been going on? Why does the killer insist on playing hide and seek? And what is going through his mind when he moves to an even younger child, a rope noose draped over his arm as he waits for her in the shadows? (This book contains scenes from a previously published book which is no longer available.)

Authors

M.A. Comley

Author · 110 books

New York Times, USA Today, Amazon Top 20 bestselling author, iBooks top 5 bestselling and #2 bestselling author on Barnes and Noble. Over one million copies sold world wide. I am a British author who moved to France in 2002, and that's when I turned my hobby into a career. When I'm not writing crime novels I'm either reading them or going on long walks with my rescue Labrador, Dex. I hope you enjoy reading my books, especially the Justice series, Cruel Justice, Impeding Justice, Final Justice, Foul Justice, Guaranteed Justice, Ultimate Justice, Virtual Justice, Hostile Justice, Tortured Justice, Rough Justice, Dubious Justice, Calculated Justice, Twisted Justice, Prime Justice. There are several novellas and short stories in the series too. My other successful series are: The DI Sally Parker thriller series, which includes WRONG PLACE, NO HIDING PLACE and COLD CASE The Hero series, TORN APART, END RESULT, IN PLAIN SIGHT and DOUBLE JEOPARDY(published by Bloodhound Books) I have three books in the Intention series, Sole Intention, Grave Intention and Devious Intention. I've also written a couple of standalone novels - EVIL IN DISGUISE and FOREVER WATCHING YOU. As well as co-authoring The Caller with Tara Lyons. And Clever Deception, Tragic Deception and Sinful Deception co-authored by fellow NY Times bestselling author Linda S Prather. If you'd like to keep up to date with new releases you can find me on Facebook by following this link http://smarturl.it/sps7jh or sign up for my newsletter http://www.hyperurl.co/su1xnt If you fancy a lighter read, why not try one of my romances: A Time to Heal, and A Time for Change—Based on a TRUE story. I also have a selection of short stories and novelettes available which I know you'll enjoy. You can find out more about me at the following blogs. http://melcomley.blogspot.com http://melcomleyromances.blogspot.com

Emmy Ellis

Author · 83 books

Author of the DI Tracy Collier series