Bücher der Reihe Detective Joanna Piercy Mysteries

Please note this book was previously published as Winding up the Serpent.It's Detective Joanna Piercy's first day back at work after her promotion. You could cut the tension with a knife. The rest of the team are more than a little bit jealous.But there's a missing persons case to get on with.DI Piercy arrives at the missing nurse's house. But it's too late.Marilyn Smith is dead. Spreadeagled on the bed, all dressed up for a date she didn't keep. DI Piercy is convinced that Marilyn was murdered even though the post-mortem is inconclusive.But if there was foul play involved, how did the killer get past her dog, who was so protective of his mistress? And how come her dog was just about the only creature who liked this nurse?Joanna's boss is breathing down her neck to close the case. She must catch a killer to keep her job.

Please note this book was previously published as Catch the Fallen Sparrow.It's a cold, grey morning when soldiers on an exercise drill find a smouldering body up on the moors.The body is scarred by cigarette burns, the hands covered in tattoos and the clothes are scruffy. But the Reebok trainers are brand new.It's just a kid. A ten-year-old boy. Someone killed him, then set him on fire. DI Joanna Piercy is determined to bring whoever did this to justice.But the case is getting more complicated with every new discovery. Why is this clearly neglected child wearing a solid gold ring? A ring that belonged to a local MP - before he died of pneumonia some months ago?Then two more children go missing from a local children's home. The race is on for DI Piercy to find them before any more bodies are burnt on the moors.

Please note this book was previously published as A Wreath for My Sister.A young woman frozen on the moors. A mother who never came home. A third woman in danger.Sharon Priest is on the moors in a flimsy red dress and high heels, but as a snowstorm sweeps in she doesn't feel the cold . . .Meanwhile Detective Joanna Piercy is approached by a desperate man at a party. His daughter went missing two years ago. She went to the market one afternoon and never came home. Leaving behind her eight-month-old son. And the police are no longer looking for her.Now, a frozen body is found on the moors. And Detective Joanna might just have a serial killer on her hands . . .