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'SUPER-SMART AND HIGHLY ORIGINAL' - Doug Johnstone 'BRILLIANT AND DEEPLY EVOCATIVE' - Graham Bartlett 'AN EXCITING START TO A NEW SERIES' - Patricia Gibney 'A WRITER AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME' - Robert Rutherford The first in a Newcastle-set police procedural series with a twist. DCI Jack Parker has a secret. He has Early Onset Dementia and he will do anything and everything to keep it hidden from his peers and the criminals he's investigating. THE CLOCK IS TICKING. THERE'S NO ESCAPE. DCI Jack Parker has faced down hardened villains and raving, drug-addled lunatics. He's disarmed a machete-wielding psychopath and broken devastating news of a loved one's death more times than he can remember. With a serial killer stalking the Newcastle streets and one of his closest colleagues lying in the mortuary following a hit and run he thinks things are about as tough as they've ever been. But he should know that trouble always comes in threes. Jack is about to face the biggest challenge of his life, one that will end his career and destroy his family: Early Onset Dementia. As he does everything he can to hide his deteriorating condition from his family and colleagues, Jack believes that the serial killer is haunted by his childhood while his own memories are built on increasingly shifting sands. The race against time to save lives, including his own, has begun. Whilst staying within the realms of the police procedural genre, this cracking thriller will explore character in depth and with sensitivity, as well as with the author's trademark dark humour.

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A super-smart and highly original police thriller, written with huge heart * Doug Johnstone, author of The Space Between Us * A brilliant and deeply evocative novel. The wonderful storytelling and perfectly drawn characters will have you rooting for the new detective on the block * Graham Bartlett, author of the Jo Howe series * Thoroughly enjoyable ... it zipped along. An exciting start to a new series ... can't wait to read more of Jack and the team * Patricia Gibney, author of the Detective Lottie Parker Series * Top-notch cop thriller, with a full cast of compelling characters, ... a sterling detective novel made into something much more. A clear stand-out in a saturated genre * Dominic Nolan, author of Vine Street * One of the best hooks for a novel I've seen this year, and artfully executed by a writer at the top of his game. An absolute masterpiece of teasing tension that'll drag you by the scruff of the neck to the very last page * Robert Rutherford, author of Seven Days * His best yet. Dark humour, a warm heart, a chilling crime - riveting * Sarah Moorhead, author of The Treatment * A colourful cast of characters, plenty of witty repartee and a neat set up for the next in the series. A proper page turner - I raced through the book * Fiona Erskine, author of The Chemical Detective * Such a great story, so cleverly written. Taut, tender and full of very human twists. This is the start of something big * William Shaw, author of The Wild Swimmers * Once again Trevor Wood has come up with a brilliant, unique protagonist and created a funny, gripping, twisty page turner for the start of what is destined to be a hit series * Charlotte Levin, author of If I Let You Go *

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Trevor Wood has lived in Newcastle for thirty years and considers himself an adopted Geordie. He's a successful playwright who has also worked as a journalist and spin-doctor for the City Council. Prior to that he served in the Royal Navy for sixteen years. Trevor holds an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) from UEA. His acclaimed Jimmy Mullen trilogy included The Man on the Street, One Way Street and Dead End Street. This was followed by a high praised standalone thriller, You Can Run.

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