Detective Mark Turpin

What if some secrets were never meant to stay buried? When a parish priest is brutally murdered in cold blood, a rural community is left in shock—and fear. New to the Vale of the White Horse, Detective Sergeant Mark Turpin discovers the murder bears the hallmark of a vicious killer who shows no remorse for his victim and leaves no trace behind. After a second priest is killed, his broken body bearing similar ritualistic abuse, the police are confronted by a horrifying truth—there is a serial killer at large with a disturbing vendetta. As fear grips the once tranquil countryside, Mark and his team race to uncover a tangle of dark secrets and lies before the killer strikes again. In doing so, Mark finds out that the truth is more twisted than he could ever have imagined...

What if the perfect friend was hiding a deadly secret? When a championship jockey discovers the body of a young woman during a cold morning's training ride, the local racing community is shocked to its core. Everyone says she was the perfect friend, the perfect daughter and the perfect fiancée. However, as Detective Mark Turpin delves into the girl's fateful last hours, he discovers a past full of lies and mystery. Investigating the truth behind her savage death, Mark uncovers jealousy and ambition within the tiny community, accompanied by a disturbing reluctance to help the police. When another death takes place only days later, Mark realizes he is running out of time to stop a killer who will do anything to keep a dark secret hidden...

Run. Don't look back. When a young teenager is stabbed to death at a busy fairground, Detective Mark Turpin is assigned the task of finding the boy's killer. But this was no random murder. Mark knows the victim, and the man who ordered his death. As he sifts through the young victim's final days, he uncovers a powerful crime syndicate that will do anything to protect its interests. Then tragedy strikes, and suddenly Mark isn't just trying to solve a murder—he's fighting for his own survival.

When the body of a young woman is found by the side of a quiet country road, police first suspect a hit and run. Then a darker side to the victim is uncovered—a dangerous addiction that led to her violent death. With little sympathy from a local population, Detective Mark Turpin faces a daunting task to track down her killer. When a second victim dies after a ferocious attack, Mark realises someone is determined to hide the truth. Both victims kept to the shadows of society—will their secrets die with them?

When archaeologists discover a skeleton in secluded woodland, the body is first thought to be related to an ancient Saxon settlement. Then the torn and rotten remains of another woman's bones are uncovered, her injuries bearing the markings of abuse and a violent death. Detective Mark Turpin is tasked with finding their killer, except the forensic evidence is perplexing and the victims' bodies are proving impossible to identify. When a third victim is discovered only metres from the first, Mark and his team realise they're running out of time to find out whoever is responsible. Are the brutal murders the only evidence in a case gone cold, or does a serial killer lurk in the shadows, stalking their next victim?

When Detective Mark Turpin is assigned the task of investigating the death of a local businessman, the case is first thought to be one of accidental drowning. Until a bullet hole is found where the victim fell into the River Thames. Then a number of graves are unearthed at a disused airfield site being redeveloped by the dead man, exposing a horrific secret and plunging Mark into one of the darkest investigations of his career. After two more bodies are discovered amongst the burnt-out ruins of a building on a nearby industrial estate, Mark realises that a serial killer is at large. Except as the police draw closer, the killer already has their next victim in their sights – and both have disappeared without a trace… The Eleventh Grave is the sixth book in the Detective Mark Turpin series from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett, and perfect for fans of fast paced twisty mysteries.

After being summoned to a crime scene late one Friday afternoon, Detective Mark Turpin arrives to find the body of a man, his face obscured by a plastic sheet wrapped around his head. When the victim's final moments are traced to a rented property in the Oxfordshire countryside, Mark discovers another body, one that has been brutally cut to pieces and left to rot. As the manhunt for the murderer intensifies, Mark uncovers several unresolved cold cases with similarities to his own and exposes a killer who has managed to escape both national and international scrutiny. Then one of his colleagues disappears without a trace, and Mark is faced with an impossible situation that could plunge his entire future into jeopardy… The Hollow Man is the seventh book in the bestselling Detective Mark Turpin series, and perfect for readers who love intriguing edge-of-your-seat murder mysteries.