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Cold Christmas

Summary

'Lots of twists and turns that keep you guessing right up to the end' 5***** reader review

'Everything that I want in a really good thriller' 5***** reader review

'Tis the season for dead bodies . . .

Nobody remembers the young men entering the abandoned London flat a few weeks ago. Nobody cares if they left.

Until the unbearable smell of decay.

DCI Antonia Hawkins is called in to view the dead men; three, lying neat in a row. There's no damage to the bodies, no obvious cause of death. Is this a suicide pact? Or is that just how it's meant to look?

If there is a link between the three very different men then Hawkins needs to find it, and fast.

Because unless she does, more are going to die. And they might not all be strangers.
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'Couldn't put it down' 5***** reader review

'First class thriller . . . it gripped me from the start. Plenty of twists and turns' 5***** reader review

'A gripping finale' 5***** reader review

Reviews

  • Stunning plot twist which I never saw coming . . . brilliantly done
    Crime Fiction Lover on My Bloody Valentine

About the author

Alastair Gunn

Alastair Gunn is an experienced magazine journalist. The Advent Killer was his first novel in the series featuring DCI Antonia Hawkins, followed by My Bloody Valentine and The Keeper, which was published in April 2017.

Alastair lives in Hertfordshire with his fiancée, Anna.
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