DI James Walker

As the snow begins to fall, the body count begins to climb... 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? The first in a new series, Alex Pine has written a dark, atmospheric crime novel, set in a snowed-in Cumbrian village, for fans of Val McDermid, Ross Greenwood and LJ Ross. • The first in a new police procedural series with a likeable family detective at its centre. • Set in the atmospheric and picturesque lake district, which the author has links to. • A pacy and gripping read with twist after twist to keep you guessing.

The first fall of snow can be fatal… 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's no witnesses and little evidence. And the crime scene has strange echoes of another terrible murder committed at the farmhouse, twenty years earlier… James knows that to catch this killer, he needs to solve a case that has long since gone cold… Perfect for fans of smash-hit TV series Whitehouse Farm, Simon McCleave's The Snowdonia Killings and Catherine Cooper's The Chalet. • The follow-up to The Christmas Killer, which has sold over 50,000 copies to date. • The second in a new police procedural series with a likeable family detective at its centre. • Set in the atmospheric and picturesque lake district, which the author has links to. • A pacy and gripping read with twist after twist to keep you guessing.

Christmas has arrived in Cumbria, and wedding bells are ringing. But an ice-cold killer is waiting in the fells... 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, newlywed Libby was furious. But as the night went on with no sign of her maid-of-honor, Libby started to realize something was very, very wrong... Before the wedding night is out, the lake is being searched for a body. Something old, something new. One guest is a killer. The question is: who? The most chilling crime thriller you'll read this winter, perfect for fans of Catherine Cooper's “The Chalet” and Simon McCleave's “The Snowdonia Killings”, and anyone who prefers their mince pies with a side of murder.

This Christmas, the hunters become the hunted... 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: the real hunt has begun. As a snowstorm descends, three lives hang in the balance. But can the killer be caught before the trail goes cold? From the master of Christmas crime comes a thriller that will chill you to the bone this Winter, perfect for fans of James Patterson, Clare Mackintosh and anyone who prefers their mince pies with a side of murder.

“Washington, D.C. Then and Now” presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution and history of America's capital city since the dawn of photography in the mid-nineteenth century. Come on a visually stunning journey into the past, learning about the historic sites, and stories, that make up the nation's capital. Pairing vintage black-and-white photographs with splendid color photographs taken from the same vantage points today, is perfect for any local historian, fan of photography or tourist to the city. The book includes all the tourist must-see places of the capital city such as Pennsylvania Avenue, the Capitol Building, Patent Office, Lincoln Memorial, and the Washington Monument. Discover D.C.'s lesser-known sites such as the history of the Shepherd Mansion, Georgetown, C&O Canal, and Blagden Alley. From politics, to history: Washington, D.C. continues to be at the center stage American history.