DI James Walker

DI James Walker is ready for a quiet family Christmas in the sleepy village of Kirkby Abbey. But when he opens an early Christmas present left on his doorstep, he soon realises it is no gift. Inside is a gruesome surprise, and a promise — twelve days, twelve murders. Not long after, the first body is found, half frozen in the snow. As the blizzards descend, panic spreads through the remote Cumbrian village — there's a killer amongst them, and with eleven more victims to go, anyone could be next.... Can James stop the killer before they strike again?

A year has passed since DI James Walker cracked his biggest case yet, and he's hoping for peace and quiet this festive season. But across the fells, a local farmer returns home on Christmas Eve to find footsteps in the fresh snow that lead down to his unused basement — and no footsteps leading away. Days later, his body is found, alongside those of his wife and daughter. Without a neighbour for miles, there are no witnesses and little evidence. And the crime scene has strange echoes of another terrible murder committed at the farmhouse, twenty years earlier...

As the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, DI James Walker receives a phone call that puts paid to his Christmas break. During the wedding of the year at a lakeside hotel, the bride's sister has vanished. When Rachel left the wedding breakfast before her speech, newly-wed Libby was furious. But as the night went on with no sign of her maid-of-honour, Libby started to realize something was very, very wrong... Before the wedding night is out, the lake is being searched for a body.

When four trail hunters go missing in the fells of Cumbria on Christmas Eve, the race is on to find them before nightfall—when the temperature plummets. After hours of searching, the first body is found... Not frozen in the snow, but brutally murdered and bearing a warning: As a snowstorm descends, three lives hang in the balance. But can the killer be caught before the trail goes cold?

This Winter, a brutal killer strikes again in a small village. DCI James Walker is on the case. But will he find the killer before they strike again? '' NetGalley reviewer '' NetGalley reviewer '' NetGalley reviewer

'HELP! I am addicted to this series! Unputdownable' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Snow is falling. Murder is calling. Pre-order the most gripping winter thriller of 2025! Journalist Gordon Carver receives news that sends a chill down his spine. Rushing home from the pub, he frantically calls his police contact, DCI James Walker to share his discovery, only to be struck from behind, plunging him into darkness. James misses the call, and by the time he arrives at the crime scene, Gordon is dead. With his name as the last entry in Gordon's phone, James is thrust into a chilling investigation. What vital information was Gordon about to reveal, and who silenced him? With no witnesses and scant evidence, James races against time to uncover the truth. Can he uncover the mystery before the killer slips away? Readers can't put down Alex Pine's winter crime: 'You know winter is coming when the latest Alex Pine novel drops' Netgalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This is my favourite book in the series' Netgalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'What a fantastic book…the killer is a surprise!' Netgalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐