Books in the DI Nick Dixon Crime series

Somerset's bloody past meets a dangerous present in this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series.When a badly decomposed body is discovered during an archaeological dig on the Sedgemoor battlefield, Avon and Somerset police are notified immediately. The remains are recent, and Detective Chief Inspector Peter Lewis knows exactly who they have found.A single stab wound from a curved blade implicates convicted serial killer Daniel Parker, who Lewis arrested fifteen years ago.With Parker's appeal hearing imminent, Lewis comes under intense pressure to pin this new murder on him quickly and quietly. It's an open and shut case--and Lewis should know--so why then does he insist on assigning it to DI Nick Dixon?As Dixon starts to re-examine the original investigation, shocking revelations come in from the forensics team. And just as Dixon's worst fears begin to surface, another body is found...

In this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series, a brutal murder looks like a gangland execution... until the next body is found.Newly promoted DCI Nick Dixon is stuck behind a desk when the peace of the Somerset countryside is shattered by a spate of sheep killings. Dixon recognises a sinister pattern: the animals have all been slaughtered with a crossbow, the power increasing with each kill. It seems whoever is responsible is practising, but for what?Then the owner of a yacht that capsized on a suspected drug run is found dead, pinned to a tree by four crossbow bolts. Convinced that the killing is a gangland execution, the organised crime unit take over the investigation.Dixon is sure the motive lies elsewhere, but is forced to watch from the sidelines--until another body is found.Leading a major investigation team at Avon and Somerset Police headquarters, and with internal politics threatening to thwart him at every turn, Dixon must find the murderer before he kills again. And again...