Book Description

In this 8-book box set:Book 1: TIED TO MURDERStella is found murdered. A blue bow is tied around her broken neck and her body displayed like a bizarre gift. Her stormy marriage immediately points to her husband as the killer. But Detective Ashworth is not so sure.Book 2: THE PRICE OF MURDERA sinister voice announces the kidnapping of factory owner Simon Edwards. Simon’s wife answers the terrifying call and is told to await further instructions. Who has taken her husband and why?Book 3: FLIRTING WITH MURDERTwo young married women are found beaten to death. Ashworth is called in and can’t fail to note the similarities. Can he catch the killer before another woman pays the price?Book 4: MURDER IN THE COTTAGEAuthor Joyce Regent flees to her ancestor’s cottage to escape a scandal. But her troubles are just beginning. A threatening message arrives to tell her 'next it’s you'. Ashworth is soon on the trail of a killer.Book 5: MURDER IN THE LIBRARYA man turns up dead in the home of an antiques dealer, book in hand, with a .38 bullet wound in the centre of his forehead. Ashworth’s search for the killer leads him into a world of gangsters.Book 6: THE TASTE OF MURDERShards of glass are put in jars of baby food at the supermarket. Then bleach is discovered in bottles of ginger ale. The extortionists behind the operation demand £40,000. Ashworth races against time to stop the criminals before they harm anyone else.Book 7: THE MISSING GIRLSTwo young girls disappear. Then the mutilated body of one of the missing girls is found. As the grisly details of the case unfold, the whole team are sickened by the depravity at work in the small town. Another child is abducted and every second counts.Book 8: A SLICE OF MURDERA young woman is strangled and dumped in a lake with strange markings on her body: a shallow cut made by a Stanley knife. Two more young women are found with the same MO. Ashworth has a serial killer on his hands.