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Publication Date : 4th June 2026
Publisher : Joffe Books
Genre : Crime Thriller
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Series / Standalone : 10th book inthe DI Mariner Series
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Every lie has its cost. In money or in blood . . .
Suave, suited winemaker Adam Gillespie has it all. A thriving business. A designer home in a leafy Birmingham suburb. And a little black book full of lovers.
Until, the drab Monday morning he’s found dead at his desk. A carrier bag masks his chiseled features — and surely smothered his final cries.
Detective Tom Mariner’s team are ready to chalk it up as a tragic accident. A kink gone horribly wrong.
But Mariner’s not so sure. The burn marks around the victim’s wrists tell a darker story.
And this isn’t the only mysterious death on Mariner’s patch.
Elsewhere, an elderly woman is found floating in a murky canal.
Mariner knows he should leave well alone. He’s supposed to be on leave. Recovering from the case that almost cost him everything . . .
He somehow survived, battered not beaten. But his health — and his relationship — are hanging by a thread.
This time around, he might not be so lucky . . .
About Chris Collett
Chris Collett grew up in a Norfolk seaside town where she worked in a boarding house (now defunct) a local bakery (closed down) and a crisp factory (razed to the ground). After leaving school she trained, in Liverpool, as a teacher for children with learning disabilities, including autism. Now a recently retired university lecturer, Chris is married with two grown up children and lives in Birmingham, UK on DI Tom Mariner's 'patch'. She has published short stories, teaches creative and crime writing and is a manuscript assessor for the Crime Writers Association.
