Murder this twisted demands a new kind of detective Fresh out of prison, former Detective Constable Scott Jericho is a desperate man. Disgraced and penniless after his assault on a violent suspect, he is forced to seek refuge with the fairground family he once rejected. Now, troubled by his failure, Jericho’s brilliant mind stagnates. That is until a series of bizarre murders reawaken his interest. Men and women with no obvious link to each other are being ritualistically slaughtered. Slaughtered in ways that recall an old legend of the Jericho Travelling Fair. Now, in a race against time, he must unpick the threads of a baffling mystery. But as his investigation unfolds and the corpses pile up, a shocking truth awaits him. A revelation that will test not only Jericho’s intellect but challenge the very core of his morality...

Detective Scott Jericho returns in Jericho's Dead, the second gripping crime thriller by William Hussey. Former CID detective Scott Jericho is done with murder. Done with puzzles. Done with the dark rage that seems to haunt him. That is until a vicious serial killer targets someone close to him. Now Jericho is back, his thirst for justice remorseless. But time is running out. Fortune tellers and psychics are being slaughtered and everything points to a link with a live TV event due to be broadcast on Halloween night. But what is the significance of the macabre wax effigies found at every crime scene? Why is celebrity psychic Darrel Everwood convinced he will die in four days time? And is Jericho's lover Harry really involved in the murders? As a startling truth is revealed and an old enemy re-emerges, a murder beyond imagining is about to be come the media event of the century...

MURDER WON'T STAY BURIED. The brand-new 2025 thriller from award-winning crime writer William Hussey, author of Killing Jericho, the Genre-Busting Crime Novel of the Year award winner 2024 and Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year shortlisted breakout hit. While Scott Jericho is tasked with investigating the most baffling case of his career, his partner Harry is set upon his own fateful path. In a rundown seaside town, a young man has vanished without a trace. Jericho's investigation of this disappearance will unravel a diabolical plot and expose a secret long buried. A secret hinted at by the paper men hanging from the trees in a nearby wood, by the ravings of the local 'wise woman', and by the eerie waxworks of a defunct fairground attraction. As fates collide and an impossible murder is executed, a twisted killer from the past is closing in on Harry and Jericho. But is it already too late for Jericho to save himself and the man he loves? PRAISE FOR WILLIAM HUSSEY'S JERICHO 'A detective who breaks every mould' - JANICE HALLETT 'An absolute cracker' - T.M. LOGAN 'A first-class thriller' - CHRIS WHITAKER 'One hell of a ride' - THE TIMES 'Revelatory' - VAL MCDERMID 'A genuine triumph' - IAN MOORE 'What more could a reader ask for?' - JOHN CONNOLLY 'A thrilling helter-skelter' - SARAH PINBOROUGH 'A fantastically gothic thriller' - SJ WATSON 'A blisteringly new brand of hero' - SARAH HILARY