By a freak chance John Kelly, once a reporter, always a maverick, becomes embroiled in the mystery surrounding a series of disturbing deaths at a tough Dartmoor army training camp. Several young men and women stationed at the bleakly remote Hangridge have died suddenly and tragically, mostly from gunshot wounds that the army claim have been self-inflicted. The army has a plausible explanation for each death individually, but when put together these explanations look very suspicious indeed-Kelly takes his concerns to his old friend Detective Superintendent Karen Meadows and together they attempt to break through the wall of secrecy which the army has erected. Their involvement in what they come to believe is a major conspiracy, coupled with upheaval and tragedy in their own personal lives, brings them closer together then ever before. But their past histories threaten to jeopardise any possibility of a real relationship between them and Karen, still fighting to move on from her traumatic love affair with a married detective sergeant, buries herself in her work, whilst Kelly pursues the truth at considerable risk to himself. When powerful men in high places try to silence the ex-journalist in a shocking and unexpected manner this threatens to be the investigation which could finally finishes John Kelly -
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Hilary Bonner
Hilary Bonner is an English crime novelist, best known for her psychological thrillers.
Cry Darkness, Hilary's 21st book - published 31st December 2020
A rip-roaring transatlantic murder mystery supercharged by an extreme, hugely controversial, and potentially earth-shattering branch of science, culminating in the discovery of a global conspiracy, and featuring a brand new heroine, TV boffin Doctor Sandy Jones. More HERE.
Cry Darkness follows:
Dreams of Fear. (Paperback 2020) 'A cracking read, tautly suspenseful, and starring a notably engaging copper hero.' Booklist. 'A crisply written crime novel that methodically reveals the pieces of a complex puzzle.' Kirkus Reviews.
Deadly Dance, (Paperback 2019) 'Ingenious'. Sunday Times. 'Formidable. Packed with sharp detail.' Daily Mail. 'Masterfully constructed with a shock ending.' Booklist.
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Bonner, a former chairman of the Crime Writers Association, was brought up by the North Devon coast in the estuary town of Bideford, where her father was a local butcher and ran a tea shop. She was educated at the town's Edgehill College, and went on to be accepted for the Daily Mirror Training Scheme as a 17 year old school leaver.
She acquired her first job in Fleet Street aged 20, ultimately becoming show business editor of three national newspapers, The Sun, The Mail on Sunday, and The Daily Mirror, and assistant editor of one. She left Fleet Street in 1993 and became a full time author.
Her published work now includes fifteen novels, and five non fiction books.,
She lives in Somerset and London with her partner, the actress Amanda Barrie.
Product details
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0434011134
- ISBN-13 : 978-0434011131
- Item Weight : 15.9 ounces
