Bøker av Biba Pearce

Winner of Best Crime Fiction at the 2024 National Indie Excellence AwardsFinalist for the 2024 Feathered Quill Award for Best Mystery ThrillerDebby Morris, mother of two, goes to a Christmas party at the historic Hollyhock Manor in Marlow, and never comes home.Her phone, handbag and Santa's elf hat are found in a park near the River Thames. The police issue a nationwide search, but Debby is not found.Planned disappearance or something more sinister?Then Debby's body, still in her elf costume, is discovered five miles downstream from where she disappeared.But the circumstances around Debby's death are murkier than the Thames in which she was found.Detective Rob Miller is pulled from compassionate leave and put in charge. He's still reeling from his last botched case, and now all eyes are on him - waiting to see if he'll crack.As if saving his career isn't enough, Rob and his team are now in a race against time to bring an ingenious killer to justice.

An undercover assignment turns into a deadly race for survival...When the key witness in a high-profile trial is shot and killed the day before he can testify, Kenzie jumps at the chance to investigate.She infiltrates the loan shark's inner circle, only to find she's in deeper than she intended.When her cover is blown, Kenzie is not only racing to stop a killer, but also to stay alive.Reid had no idea when he separated two brawling men in bar that one of them was going to turn up dead-or that he'd become the prime suspect in his murder.Now, tasked with finding the real killer, he delves into the murky world of racketeering, as well as an unsolved mystery that might have links to the case.Then Kenzie goes missing......and everything falls apart.Reid must use all his skills and ingenuity to find her before it's too late.But with the killer still on the loose, every second counts...This fast-paced and gritty thriller will leave you breathless in anticipation! Perfect for fans of A.J. Rivers, Mary Stone, Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh!

A dark secret. A voodoo curse. An enemy who doesn't play by the rules.While Reid tries to find out who the mole in his department is, Kenzie asks for his help on one of the strangest murders he's ever seen.A man is found to have died of shock, a voodoo doll placed beside him.Did he really die of a curse, or was it just made to look like one?When Kenzie's friend asks her to investigate the sudden disappearance of his happily married brother-in-law, she doesn't expect it to lead to a dark family secret and a vengeful voodoo curse.Suddenly, she's thrust into a strange world where the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred, but where the threat is just as deadly.This fast-paced and gritty thriller is perfect for fans of A.J. Rivers, Mary Stone, Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh!

The fourth book in the completely gripping & sultry southern Florida Kenzie Gilmore crime thriller series.When an unidentified woman is found partially decomposed in the stomach of a Burmese python, along with a 9mm bullet, the search is on to find out who she is, and who murdered her.This leads Reid and his team to a ring of unscrupulous human traffickers to whom life is cheap and extreme violence is their preferred way of doing business. While writing notorious crime boss Maria Lopez's memoirs, Kenzie uncovers a thirty-year-old secret that could get her killed.Not only has she put herself in the cartel's sights, but she's also captured the attention of a very powerful adversary who will stop at nothing to prevent the secret getting out.This fast-paced and gritty thriller is perfect for fans of A.J. Rivers, Mary Stone, Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh!

The Miami heat can be murder...When investigative reporter Kenzie is asked by a teenager to look into her boyfriend's murder, she stumbles upon a secret so great that just knowing about it could get her killed.Unable to turn a blind eye, she starts investigating and discovers how far those involved will go to keep it hidden.Newly promoted Lieutenant Reid Garret has just pulled another youngster out of the canal with the same synthetic drug in her system.Enough is enough.It's time to hunt down those responsible and get the killer product off the street. The search leads him to an old adversary who has evaded capture for the last two years, someone Reid would do anything to bring down, even if it costs him his job.As the two cases collide, Kenzie and Reid realize they are facing their smartest and most dangerous adversary yet.With Miami in the grips of a brutal heatwave, the heat is on to find the killer before they become his next target.This fast-paced and gritty thriller is perfect for fans of A.J. Rivers, Mary Stone, Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh!

A fast-paced, engrossing crime thriller set in sultry southern Florida from bestseller Biba Pearce.When missing heiress Natalia Cruz's body is found in the Everglades, journalist Kenzie Gilmore is assigned the case.Is she the fourth victim of a sexual predator stalking women in Miami?Or is her killer trying to make it look like she is?Ex-cop Reid Garrett doesn't appreciate bodies turning up in his backyard.The Everglades is his turf.But there's been four murdered women in as many months.Determined to track down whoever is responsible, he reluctantly joins forces with Kenzie.As they get closer to the truth, a shocking revelation turns everything on its head...Can Kenzie and Reid track down the killer before he claims another victim?This action-packed, gritty crime thriller is perfect for fans of A.J. Rivers, Mary Stone, Kendra Elliot & Melinda Leigh!

Twelve years ago, Noah Palmer went for a bike ride and never came home. His body is found in the Box Hill woods, a five-pointed star carved in his chest. He is the fourth victim of a serial killer who has never been caught.Now, a young woman is involved in a shooting outside Harrods in central London. Her DNA shows a familial match to the Box Hill cold case.Detective Rob Miller leads the investigation. But there's not much to go on. Just when he thinks he's got a lead, the case is turned on its head.To solve this mystery, Rob's going to have to go off-book, potentially putting his career - and already complicated love life - on the line.Can he stop the Box Hill killer?

Please note this book is a completely revised edition of The Surrey Stalker.A deranged serial killer targeting brides-to-be. An ambitious young detective. A case that could destroy everything.A young woman is brutally attacked on her way home. It looks like she was the victim of a jilted - and twisted - ex-lover.But then two more women, also engaged to be married, are found dead.The press call the killer the 'Surrey Stalker'. And there's a stack of similar cold case files.The pressure is on for young, ambitious DI Rob Miller.But with all the time he's spending at the office, Rob's also running a fine line trying to keep his fiancée, Yvette, onside as they try to plan their wedding . . .

Please note this book is a completely revised edition of The Revenge Killer.A spate of brutal stabbings. An ambitious young detective. A killer hell-bent on revenge.A father is found dead in his posh West London home. Stabbed to death. By somebody who couldn't stop. There are seven or eight puncture wounds.There's no time to relax for recently married DI Rob Miller.Now a second man is found brutally murdered in the same frenzied manner. Do the police have a serial killer on their hands?The investigation leads Rob and his ex-lover Detective Jo Maguire to London's undercover escort industry. It's a risky world to dive into, and Rob's feelings for Jo don't help.They realize that the murderer is leaving a blistering trail of revenge killings - and the violence is escalating.Can Rob and Jo work together to stop the murderer before someone else pays the ultimate price?