* Newly formatted for Kindle, 2016 * Fifth book in the critically-acclaimed DI Spicer series, also includes ‘The ideas behind the story’ and the opening of the sixth novel in the series, Cut Adrift. Reviews Chris Simms has been quietly building one of the best police procedural series in this country. (CATHOLIC HERALD) Another gripping thriller from a master of the craft. (WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY) Definitely a talent to watch. A rising star.’ (THE BOOKSELLER) A must-read for all those who enjoy top-quality crime fiction. (SHOTS MAGAZINE) We learn who-dun-it two thirds of the way through and from then on the tension comes from whether Spicer will make the connection in time to save himself. (TANGLED WEB) Simms has written a gritty novel that grips from start to finish. I just couldn’t put it down. (HORRORSCOPE) Book description It's the phone call DI Jon Spicer has long dreaded - his wild younger brother, Dave, has been found dead: murdered and horribly mutilated. Jon had hoped to steer him away from his drug-fuelled, self-destructive fate, but now must face the fact he failed. Full of anger, Jon heads to the town where Dave's body was discovered, bent on finding the killer. Meanwhile, Dave's young girlfriend, Zoe, is trapped in an inner-city hell. Vulnerable, destitute and now alone, she is being hunted by the vicious criminal Dave owed money to. Arriving in the Peak District, Jon finds a community with plenty to hide. With Zoe’s time running out and his own family cracking under the strain, Jon realises the truth of his brother's death lies in two places: a frightened girl trapped somewhere among Manchester's tower-blocks and out on the bleak heights overlooking the secretive rural town. About the Author Chris Simms' acclaimed first novel in the DI Spicer series, KILLING THE BEASTS was selected as a Best Crime book for 2005 by SHOTS magazine. He was then selected as a Waterstone's Author for the Future, one of 25 writers tipped by publishers, editors and agents, to produce the most impressive body of work over the next quarter century. Since then he has been nominated several times for the THEAKSTON'S CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR and for CRIME WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION DAGGERS. Chris lives in Manchester. Find out more on his official web site, www.chrissimms.info or, for regular postings, see his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AuthorChrisSimms