Detective Inspector Mike Malone thought that his transfer to the countryside would give him the opportunity to take things easy. However, when a well-loved local philanthropist is found strangled, he realizes that maybe country-life is not so quiet a...
This second novel in the Mike Malone series finds him once again in a fight against time. The mysterious delivery of birthday cakes to farmyards seems to be just an innocent prank until the death of a farm favourite turns this game into something muc...
When Jon McElvoy, a Liberal Democrat MP, is found dead in his North Norfolk home, DI Jack Sallt and his colleagues quickly decide that this is a murder made to look like a suicide. However, when the Intelligence Services arrive, all of their findings...
Two men are found in a beached boat, one dead, one seriously injured, stretching the resources of an already under-funded police force.Suspended Detective Inspector Jack Sallt is reluctantly rushed back on duty to face his most perplexing and dangero...
When Mike Malone is called upon to investigate the murder of a cow which has been hanged from a tree, he hopes that this is just a prank that has gone seriously wrong. However, when the mutilated body of a young girl is found, he knows that once agai...
In this latest mystery, Mike Malone has to solve a very odd crime. Who exactly is the White Devil who keeps paying night-time visits to the wives of the local farmers? The wives might not be complaining but their husbands are certainly not happy abou...
When the local milkman starts finding sheep's heads instead of empty milk bottles, Detective Inspector Mike Malone knows that once again, he has a murderer to find. With his trusted Detective Sergeant, Alan Shepherd, at his side, he starts the search...
In this latest mystery, when the naked body of a young man is found in a local beauty spot, Detective Inspector Mike Malone has two problems. Firstly to find the young man's identity and secondly to find out who murdered him. However, things are neve...
With his forthcoming wedding just around the corner, DI Mike Malone is hoping that his little town stays crime-free. Unfortunately his peace and quiet is shattered when the hideously mutilated body of a young girl is found. With no evidence to help h...
With DI Mike Malone's wedding only two weeks away, the last thing he needs are a series of unexplained murders. However, when two women also disappear, then Mike finds that not only is his wedding at risk, but his own happiness. This is the ninth in ...
When, a week before the annual Flower Parade, a bull gets hit by a car, Detective Inspector Mike Malone initially thinks that it is an unfortunate accident. However, when he is told that the bull sustained injuries inconsistent with a car accident, h...
The summer should be a time when Detective Inspector Mike Malone can sit in the sunshine with his extended family, watching the gentle game of cricket while enjoying the occasional slice of cake. However, when a young wife ends up dead, it appears th...
When the safe of a TV personality is stolen in a bizarre burglary, Detective Inspector Mike Malone and his Detective Sergeant, Alan Shepherd, find that maybe, this time, they need a little extra help. Enter Dog Dollond, a retired colleague of Mike's ...
Former Inspector Liv Harris, after a series of humiliating demotions, has now moved to a small Midlands town to seek not only a new start in life as a Private Investigator, but also a love life. Unsure of what she wants, Liv meets a potential partner...
In this third outing for DI Jack Sallt the stakes are raised. Two children have been abducted on their way home from school. Their father, a man in the public eye, wants answers fast and Jack doesn't have any. All roads are going to nowhere. He doesn...
It is time for the annual Pumpkin Parade and Detective Inspector Mike Malone wants nothing more than to enjoy the fruits of the season with his family. However, when one of the town's residents starts receiving unwanted and sinister gifts from a stal...
In this latest adventure, DI Mike Malone finds that the East End mob has set up camp in his adopted town. Businesses and proprietors are being threatened. And, this is not the only problem that Mike has to solve. A monster is prowling the riverbanks ...
In this latest Mike Malone mystery, Mike has two problems to solve. He still needs to identify the Blob that keeps appearing on the riverbank in the midnight hours. But a more serious concern is the disappearances of sixth-formers form the local Acad...
Forced out of the Police, former maverick Detective Inspector Jack Sallt, still finds himself drawn back into investigating the mysterious disappearance of long standing colleague and friend, Liv Harris.Continuing to probe privately, Jack begins to u...
Detective Inspector Mike Malone faces an intriguing case when the body of an unidentified man is discovered with a lipstick 'kiss' on his cheek. Was it placed there before he was killed? Did the person who kissed him, actually kill him? Was it left o...
DI Mike Malone and his trusted partner DS Alan Shepherd are faced with a tricky problem. They are used to crimes which involve the theft of belongings, of animals, so what do they do when the local farmers suddenly find that they are the victims of g...
DI Mike Malone and his friend and colleague, DS Alan Shepherd, initially think that they have another one of their bizarre cases to solve. The local townsfolk are reporting that letters are being shaved into their cats' fur. However, when a particula...
In this latest Mike Malone Mystery, Mike finds that an ex-colleague is proving to be a silent victim and refusing to give him any information that will allow him to apprehend her tormentors. He and his faithful Detective Sergeant, Alan Shepherd, are ...
Scarecrows were usually jolly fellows, brightening the fields and scaring the crows. At least that is what DI Mike Malone thought until he was called upon to investigate a figure that had appeared overnight in a field. With his trusty Detective Serge...
The Twin Rulers, from an opulent mansion on the island of Sangeya, rule over their other four islands with what they consider to be benevolence. Twice a year, contests are held to choose a lifelong companion for them from those girls who live on the ...
With Halloween, inevitably there are pranks, or so Detective Mike Malone believes when he starts hearing reports of monsters being seen at an abandoned farmhouse. However, when a young girl mysteriously disappears, Mike, along with his trusted DS Ala...
The past comes back to haunt one of Mike Malone's well-loved friends in this latest Lincolnshire mystery. When events take a disturbing turn, Mike and his loyal Detective Sergeant Alan Shepherd are faced with a problem. They have no idea where to loo...
DI Mike Malone fears that this might be the case that breaks him – the discovery of a child's body at the local landfill site, especially when the secrets that the post-mortem reveal are so grotesque. Add to the mix some disturbed graves and Mi...
When the body of a policeman is found in the early hours, the investigation seems flawed. DCI Amanda Kerridge, unhappy with her superiors, calls the only man that she can think of to help - Jack Sallt - the former police officer who was forced out of...
DI Mike Malone and his trusty Detective Sergeant return in this latest mystery. His friend's wife goes missing and when her belongings start turning up around the town, Mike fears the worst. Then when a body is found, is this the missing woman or doe...
Once again we join Detective Inspector Mike Malone and his faithful Detective Sergeant Alan Shepherd in the market town that is their home. When they start to investigate the disappearance of a young woman, they find that she has links to many of the...