Jonathan Whitelaw's thrilling sequel to the bestselling thriller Hellcorp. The Devil's back - and he's STILL not had a holiday. There's another mystery to solve - a woman kidnapped by terrorists and the world trying to find her.
Sometimes even the Devil deserves a break! This is a perfectly-pitched darkly comic crime novel that is ideal for fans of Christopher Fowler and Ben Aaranovitch.
Eyes down to find a killer who's playing to win...
There's a fine art to murder... The Lake District: stunning scenery, charming towns and...murder most wicked? The people of Penrith are delighted when local businessman, Hal Mulberry, succeeds in his childhood dream of buying the world famous painting, The Esk at Dawn. And he's determined not to keep it to himself, but to bring it back to the Lake District where it belongs and put it on show for everyone. Hal has a plan to turn Penrith Village Hall into a cultural hotspot - with the painting at its heart. But not everyone is pleased... Journalist Jason Brazel is delighted to get the exclusive story from Hal. Even if his mother in law, Amita, thinks he's making a lot of fuss about an ugly piece of modern art. But when Amita uncovers a theory that everyone who's owned the painting has had their life ruined, she wonders what Hal is really bringing to their town. Curse, conspiracy or dirty-deal, she knows trouble is brewing. And while the great and the good gather for the unveiling of the painting, someone's got murder on their mind. And it's up to Jason and Amita to find who is trying to put people out of the picture...permanently.
Lights, camera, murder In the Lake District, someone's laying on a deadly welcome... The cast and crew of a popular TV crime drama are shooting in the Lake District - but behind the scenes, relationships are as tense as on-screen. The director's reputation proceeds him, the two lead stars are feuding and rumours swirl. Meanwhile the locals are enjoying the filming - Amita Kahtri and her friends from Penrith Bingo Club are becoming social media stars with their behind the scenes pictures from filming - although her son-in-law, Jason is taking it all with a pinch of salt. But when on-screen slaughter gets swapped for real-life murder at the concert hall where the TV drama is based, and the genuine police are as baffled as the TV detectives, it falls to the locals to search for the truth. It seems like a taste of fame can be deadly - but what happens when a killer's plots are wilder than anything the writers can dream up?