“Twisty, entertaining and really easy to root for the main character”
The DI Rachel Harlow series
In Deep Water
DI Rachel Harlow Book 1
A murder at sea. One detective. No backup.
DI Rachel Harlow is off duty and stuck aboard a cruise ship with her twin teenagers and uptight parents. Determined to distract herself from the complicated mess – professional and personal – she’s left back at Northumbria Police HQ, she embarks on a flirtatious game with a stranger on board… until she finds him dead the next day.
With no eyewitnesses and no official investigation, Rachel digs into the murder alone, going strictly against the captain’s orders. Dead end after dead end, she’s met with lies and silence from the ship’s crew.
International waters allow people to play by different rules, but Rachel won’t quit. Even when it leads her to a crime ring just as dangerous as the one she’s left behind on land. But at sea, she has no team to back her up…
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DI Rachel Harlow Book 2
In Cold Blood
Pre-order now for publication on March 11, 2027
A missing boy. A deadly secret. One detective with everything to lose.
DI Rachel Harlow should be focusing on a major Europol conference in Amsterdam. Instead, she’s trying to hold together a knife-crime investigation back home in Newcastle, keep her family afloat and outrun the fallout from a past she can’t quite bury.
Someone out there knows exactly who Rachel is. And they’re ready to use that knowledge against her. With time running out and the lines between professional and personal beginning to collapse, Rachel must decide how far she’s willing to go to protect the people she loves.
But this time, the danger isn’t just on the streets.
It’s coming for her family.
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For younger readers
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