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A GRIPPING NEW CRIME MYSTERY BY CWA JOHN CREASEY NEW BLOOD DAGGER NOMINEE JUDI DAYKIN!Detective Sara Hirst is at a crossroads. Can she take the heat or is she about to burn out?It's the hottest summer on record. Norfolk is parched in the heat. Sara and her team are wilting as they investigate a series of fires that are breaking out all over the county.Wildfire or arson?Then one steaming night an old barn belonging to Wild Thyme Farm is torched. The battle to put out the blaze rages on through the night.As dawn breaks it becomes clear: there's a body in the wreckage.Suspicion soon falls on the mother and daughter who run the farm. Their finances are in dire straits and family relations have been kindling for months.Accident or murder?Meanwhile, Sara's personal and professional life are reaching boiling point. Her boyfriend seems ready to settle down and Sara doesn't know how she feels. And if that wasn't enough, her boss keeps insisting Sara takes her inspector's exams.Everywhere she turns, Sara feels like she's stepping out of the frying pan and into the fire. Can Sara solve this case and keep everyone happy - or will she burn out?This gripping, character-driven crime thriller is perfect for fans of Joy Ellis, J.M. Dalgliesh, Matt Brolly, Biba Pearce, Rachel McLean, Rachel Lynch and Angela Marsons.

SET UNDER THE BROODING SKIES OF NORTH NORFOLK. MEET SARA HIRST AS SHE SEARCHES FOR HER LOST FATHER AND FINDS THAT GREAT BEAUTY SOMETIMES CONCEALS GREAT VIOLENCE.Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit. She wants to know the truth about her father, who has connections to the area. Her mother won't tell her the real story.A NEW JOB. A NEW PLACE. SAME OLD PROBLEMS.Sara's first call-out is to a decomposing body discovered in a ditch on a local farm. How does the murder relate to a recent spate of thefts? Who wanted the victim dead?THEN THE CASE GROWS VERY PERSONAL . . .

Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit. Under the brooding skies of North Norfolk, Sara faces her toughest case yet and finds that great beauty sometimes conceals great violence.Too many secrets.Too much pain.Too many leads.Dawn breaks as a dog-walker finds a dead body, half-naked and wrapped tightly in an old groundsheet.Sara is first on the scene.Who is the victim? And who will be next?Sara must take on some of Britain's most wanted criminals if she's to find out the truth.This crackling, twisty thriller set within the mysterious beauty of the east coast will have you flying through the pages right till the gripping end.

Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit.Carnival week in Cromer. It's been an easy-going summer for the Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit - until this morning.The body of Daisy Shaw, the Carnival Queen, is discovered in a back alley, stretched out on the cobbles. Her long blonde hair lies matted and dishevelled around her head, her fingers clutch a sparkly plastic tiara.Suspicion falls on the carnival crew, especially when it turns out that one of them is Daisy's boyfriend.The atmosphere in Cromer soon grows nasty. The town turns against the outsiders. The roads are closed. The town descends into chaos. And the murder detectives are right in the thick of it, trying to piece together what happened to Daisy.The close-knit carnival community is all too used to prejudice and none too keen on helping the police.Meanwhile, both Sara's mother and boyfriend have bombshells to drop. Can Sara solve the case before anyone else gets hurt?