DS Heckenburg

Detective Sergeant Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg is investigating the disappearance of 38 different women. Each one was happy and successful until they vanished without a trace. Desperate to find her missing sister, Lauren Wraxford seeks out Heck's help. Together they enter a seedy underworld of gangsters and organised crime. And then they hear rumours about the 'Nice Guys Club', a gang that can arrange anything you want. Provided you pay the price…

DS Mark 'Heck' Mecklenburg is used to bloodbaths. Two years ago, he put the ringleader of The Nice Guys Club - a vicious rape and murder gang - behind bars. But Heck knows that this depraved organization stretches far beyond UK shores. When brutal murders start happening across the country, it's clear that the Nice Guys are at work again. And Heck knows it won't be long before they come for him.

Consigned to a remote valley in the Lake District, DS Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg is getting used to a quieter life – a far cry from the bloodbath of the Serial Crimes Unit. Unknown to Heck, 'The Stranger' has returned. Last seen on Dartmoor ten years earlier, this prolific serial killer has found a new home. As The Stranger lays siege to the remote community, Heck helplessly watches as the killer viciously picks off his victims…

A series of bizarre but fatal accidents are taking place. When a businessman survives a near-drowning but is found burnt alive in his car just weeks later, DS Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg is brought in to investigate. Soon it appears that other recent deaths might be linked. As the body count rises it's clear that something far more sinister is at play, and it's coming for Heck too...