Long lives are being cut short in this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series.
A retired teacher is found dead in her Somerset home on a cold January night. At first glance, it is a routine unexplained death and a simple referral to the coroner, until a neighbour reports an unscheduled visit from an occupational therapist an hour before the body was discovered.
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Dixon is convinced the elderly woman has been strangled – a cause of death confirmed by the pathologist – and a murder investigation is launched.
More victims are soon found – a second retired teacher who died in eerily similar circumstances in Devon. Then a possible third victim is exhumed in Dorset.
Leading a regional task force, Dixon must find the connection between the victims. As the coincidences mount, he begins to fear he has stumbled on something premeditated and deeply sinister – a serial killer targeting the elderly in their own homes.
‘…a complex plot that kept me gripped from the moment I started reading.’
‘…a brilliantly spun mystery with a familiar and very well loved cast of characters. It is the complexity of the storylines and the sheer quality of the writing that have me waiting for the next in the series and then unable to put the book down until I have finished it.’
‘Another brilliant read from Damien Boyd. Fast, complex and compulsive reading. The reader is kept guessing the outcome right to the end. Can’t wait for the next book!’
‘Damien Boyd has done it again. ‘From the Ashes’ has been brilliantly written throughout and from the very beginning, right up until the end, kept me guessing, trying to work out the intricacies of the plot. Each book in the series has kept me up at night, not wishing to wait till morning to carry on reading.’