A crime/thriller novel set in England and Afghanistan. The publisher's note says: A tragic accident and a suspicious transaction: two small pieces of a deadly jigsaw. DS Tom Morton and his cousin, Captain Kate Lonsdale, are each given one small piece. Tom is trying to bury himself in work after his wife dumps him, and Kate wants to know why her boyfriend was in that crash. As they overcome their loss, they pool their resources to support each other, but they are pitted against a wily adversary who is fighting his own demons. Squadron Leader Conrad Clarke is ordered to protect the operation – the operation that Tom is trying to destroy. Badly wounded in the crash, he finds himself being forced to choose between saving his life and saving his sanity. Behind all three of them, the leaders of the gang are determined that no one will ever see the big picture and put all of the pieces of the jigsaw together. As Kate and Tom get close to the truth, Clarke has to take bigger and bigger risks to keep them at bay, until all of them converge for a showdown in Essex – on Valentine’s Day. Although complete on its own, A Piece of Blue Sky is the first volume of the Operation Jigsaw trilogy.

This crime/thriller novel is set in England. The publisher's note says: After the shocking climax to A Piece of Blue Sky, the action moves to the small town of Earlsbury. Patrick Lynch, captain of the golf club and pillar of the Irish Catholic community, is made an offer he can’t refuse: take on the distribution of large quantities of counterfeit cash. Handling counterfeit goods is Pat’s stock-in-trade and, with his contacts in the police, he is confident that his network can handle the challenge. It seems too easy, and it is. Tom Morton gets wind of the operation in Earlsbury, and Patrick is forced to find a wholesale partner out of his area. One night, the handover of a large shipment of bank notes goes horribly wrong; the consequences devastate Pat’s family and threaten his survival. Tom risks his career to join the investigation and is saddled with DC Kristal Hayes, the pariah of Midland Counties Police. Tom has to deal with the chip on Kris’s shoulder and someone working behind the scenes to sabotage his investigation. After London and Essex, this book is set in the close-knit world of a small industrial town in the West Midlands - the Black Country; Earlsbury is quick to close ranks when outsiders stick their noses into Earlsbury business. We also touch base with Kate, Conrad and Mina from the first book as they go their separate ways: Kate leaves the Army, Conrad leaves the country, and Mina is tried for murder. This is the second volume of the Operation Jigsaw trilogy, and continues the story begun in Volume I – A Piece of Blue Sky.

This crime/thriller novel is set in England with detours to France and Hong Kong. The publisher's note says: Following straight on from the climax of Volume II, the characters in this final book return to England where their separate actions lead to a shocking climax on Morecambe Bay. In Earlsbury, the search is on for the senior police officer who was pulling the strings when DS Griffin was murdered, and Patrick Lynch receives an unwelcome visitor. At Fylde Racecourse, Conrad finds himself in charge of the money laundering, and then he finds a way to communicate with Mina. He settles in to his new role and starts enjoying country life, but the idyll is very short-lived. Without Tom to counsel her, Kate decides to discover what happened to Vinnie, no matter where the trail takes her. As each character has to decide where their loyalties lie and who to trust, their decisions mean that the final hand in this game of poker is going to be All-in for Everyone. The pace in this final volume of the Jigsaw trilogy continues the page-turning intensity of the first two books. Now that we know the characters, the reader’s sympathies are tugged one way and the other as they try to survive the struggle to bring down – or save – the corrupt empire of Sir Stephen Jennings.

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here In Paradise, beware the Serpent… Welcome to 7Bridge, Cheshire’s most exclusive gated community. Behind the barriers, sports stars and their wives are treated like royalty and insulated from reality, but something in the garden is rotten. One of the residents is badly beaten and drowned. The local police quickly arrest a young footballer for murder, but DCI Tom Morton and his partner are convinced that they have the wrong man. Morton and Fraser are only there to tie up loose ends, but they quickly unravel a poisonous web of secrets and back-stabbing. Can Tom and Elaine discover the truth before the case is closed and an innocent man is sent to prison? This new adventure for Tom Morton follows straight on from Mark Hayden’s highly regarded Operation Jigsaw trilogy. Instead of a violent conspiracy, Tom finds himself grappling with the closed world of 7Bridge. Instead of a bomb, his equilibrium is threatened by his feelings for the victim’s sister. Elaine watches her boss struggle to maintain his professional approach while he has to cope with her volatile temper. To find a very lucky killer, they need to fight through the lies and tear down the privileges of the very rich, who will bend every rule to keep their secrets to themselves.