DC Gary Goodhew Mystery Books In Publication Order
- Cambridge Blue (2009)
- The Siren (2010)
- The Calling (2011)
- The Silence (2012)
- A Cry in the Night/The Backs (2013)
- The Promise (2015)
- Cambridge Black (2017)
Standalone Novels In Publication Order
- I Did It for Us (2019)
- The Moment Before Impact (2020)
Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order
- Cambridgeshire Murders (2005)
- Billington: Victorian Executioner (2009)
Anthologies In Publication Order
- Bodies in the Bookshop (2014)
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Cambridge Blue
‘Smart, ambitious…
. A pleasingly different police procedural.’ Kirkus Reviews ‘This debut mystery by a British nonfiction crime writer accelerates like a train speeding to its destination. Highly recommended.’ Library Journal DC Gary Goodhew is intelligent and intuitive, the youngest detective at Cambridge’s Parkside Station. When he discovers the body of a young woman on Midsummer Common, he is given the chance to work on a murder investigation for the first time in his career. Soon the victim is identified as Lorna Spence. Richard Moran, her boyfriend and employer, has reported her missing and is distraught to discover that she has been killed. He claims that she was loved by his staff, and that she had no enemies. But it isn’t long before Goodhew discovers many who wouldn’t have minded seeing her dead, including Spence’s high maintenance colleague, Victoria ,and Goodhew’s reckless former classmate, Bryn. They both swear that they have nothing to do with Lorna’s death, but someone is lying. After another brutal murder, Goodhew knows it is time to use his own initiative to flush out the killer, even though it means risking his job and discovering the truth about the one person he hopes will be innocent.
Billington: Victorian Executioner
This is the first fully comprehensive biography on the hangman James Billington, a former pub entertainer and barber who secured the post of executioner for London and the Home Counties. The reader is introduced to the real Billington, illuminating the dark side of a man who held the mandate to kill. Three of his sons followed in his footsteps and together the family were responsible for 218 executions in Great Britain between 1884 and 1905. The stories behind all of Billington’s executions are also included.
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