DS Peter Gayle

Returning to Exeter CID after his son's unsolved disappearance Detective Sergeant Peter Gayle's first day back was supposed to be gentle. Until a young girl is reported missing and the clock begins to tick. Rosie Whitlock has been abducted from outside her school that morning. There are no clues, but Peter isn't letting another child disappear. When the body of another young victim appears, the hunt escalates. Someone is abducting young girls and now they have a murderer on their hands. Time is running out for Rosie, but when evidence in the case relating to his own son's disappearance is discovered the stakes are even higher.

A house fire. A suspicious death. A serial killer to catch. When a body is found in a house fire DS Peter Gayle is called to the scene. It looks like an accidental death, but the evidence just doesn't add up. With only one murder victim they can't make any calls, but it looks like a serial killer is operating in Exeter and it's up to Pete to track him down. But with his wife still desperate for news on their missing son and his boss watching his every move, the pressure is on for Pete to bring the murderer to justice before it is too late. NOWHERE TO RUN is out now, but if you're looking for more from DS Peter Gayle, then don't miss this gripping new case. • The second book in the new police procedural crime series from debut author, Jack Slater. • DS Peter Gayle's son is still missing, but with this new information at his fingertips should he reveal the truth or is it better to hide... But when a new case lands on his desk he has to put his family life to one side - because he won't let this criminal get away. • A brilliant new British Detective, DS Peter Gayle is Morse meets Detective Banks.

Looking for more from DS Peter Gayle? Then don't miss this chilling new police procedural! A dead body. A mysterious murder. A serial killer on the loose. A taxi driver is found murdered in a remote part of Exeter. He is a family man, no enemies to be found. There is no physical evidence, except for dozens of fingerprints inside the cab. How will DS Peter Gayle ever track down his killer? Then another cab driver is found dead. Now this isn't just a case of one murder but a serial killer on the loose, once again... DS Peter Gayle is back! Don't miss the thrilling next book in Jack Slater's brilliant crime series, perfect for fans of Angela Marsons and Rachel Abbott.

A gruesome find on a woodland walk. A body posed and naked, the killing savage and frenzied. Was the victim known to her attacker? Or is a serial killer emerging in South Devon? With no clues at the scene, DS Pete Gayle and his team must identify the victim before they can even start looking for a suspect.

A missing father. A desperate daughter. A terrible discovery.A new case is the last thing DS Pete Gayle needs right now, but when it falls right into his lap, he has no choice. Justice is crying out to be served. With a career-making trial about to begin and his son in imminent danger from a pair of psychopathic brothers, Pete goes on the hunt in what could turn out to be the biggest case of his life.

His young son is recently dead, his traumatised daughter is going through hell and his station chief is out for his blood or at least his career when DS Pete Gayle is called to a murder scene on a residential street in Exeter.A body has been found, horrifically tortured and left outside a women's refuge. She is quickly identified as a resident, the victim of domestic abuse.But the obvious suspect was three hundred miles away, so who did this? And why?Haven't these women been through enough?Touched by the plight and the resilience of the shelter's residents, Pete must track down a vicious and sadistic killer before more can fall prey.

A brutal murder. A man jailed. A new witness who claims he couldn't have been there.Already in the middle of a violent and complex case, DS Pete Gayle gets caught up in a tangled web of lies and intrigue. With a man in jail for a murder he may not have committed, the reputation of the station and the whole force is on the line. Pete has to face one of the hardest choices of his life. To break ranks and go against another officer risks losing friends, colleagues and career, but if he ignores the case, will he be able to live with himself?

A vicious rape, a woman left traumatised. A previous victim is quickly identified. Then more come forward.A serial rapist is attacking the women of Exeter in their beds at night.There are fingerprints and DNA but no matches, CCTV but no identification.With the press clamouring for answers DS Pete Gayle and his team must work through a maze of conflicting evidence to identify and arrest the offender before he can commit another brutal attack.

A murder in mysterious circumstances.A woman is brutally slaughtered just feet from her sleeping family. But none of them belong in this grand and expensive home. Who are they? Why are they here? And why was this woman killed?DS Pete Gayle must draw on all his skills as an investigator to figure out what went on here and why.

A young woman sits quietly compliant at a sea-front bus-stop as a police officer takes a bloody knife from her hand. 'I'm safe now,' she says.But safe from whom? Who is she, whose blood is on the blade and where has she come from? These are just a few of the questions DS Pete Gayle must answer in the latest book in this top-selling series.

A desperate mother fights in vain for the life of her son as he is kicked and beaten to death by a vicious mob. When DS Pete Gayle is called in all he finds is a rumour about the victim that is quickly proved false and a wall of silence more solid than the stones around the city's old prison. Was this just pointless spite that went too far or is there more behind the horrific killing? Pete is forced to battle a mini crimewave designed to keep him in the dark as he seeks justice for an innocent victim and his distraught family.

A student disappears in broad daylight just yards from the university. With potential witnesses beginning to disperse across the country for the Christmas break, DS Pete Gayle is under extra pressure to figure out what happened as quickly as possible. Did she leave of her own accord, unable to cope with the pressures of university? Was she snatched by an ex-boyfriend, a stalker or a random attacker? Or was she targeted because of the way she'd chosen to supplement her student loan?One disturbing discovery after another draws Pete and his team through a minefield of sensitive information, much of which he is all too aware, as a father himself, would be horrifying to the victim's parents. But he has to follow the evidence, wherever it may lead.

Exeter-based DS Pete Gayle is already busy with a child-snatching case when a call comes in that a body has been found in Exwick cemetery. And this burial, in a shallow grave among the trees bordering the graveyard, is not an official one. With nothing but the skeletal remains to go on, Pete needs to find out who the dead man is, how he got there and, most importantly who put him there.

A rumour on the streets. A courier caught in the act. Somewhere in or close to Exeter, someone is making guns and selling them on the black market. Someone secretive enough to cover his tracks by any means necessary and ruthless enough to kill without compunction.DS Pete Gayle and his team must work with the National Crime Agency to catch him before he can spread any more death and destruction across the streets of the UK's major cities as well as closer to home. But how can they track down a ghost who works in the shadows and leaves no witnesses when all they have to go on is a cryptic nickname?

A burglary. A missing car. Two dead bodies and nothing else apparently touched. It seems like there's an obvious answer when DS Pete Gayle is called to the crime scene in an affluent area on the edge of the city. But is it too obvious? Then another death occurs. A connection is made that adds a whole new dimension to the case. Now he has to find the link between the victims before more people are attacked and possibly killed.

Two calls. One body. Two obvious suspects.When DS Pete Gayle is called to a south Devon farmhouse, he finds the brutally murdered body of its owner in her blood-soaked bed and two men her son and her husband, his step-father accusing each other of the murder. With both of them living in the house, their DNA will naturally be all over it, so Pete and his team will need all their skills and experience to untangle this deadly web of deceit and figure out who killed the woman hopefully before anyone else is slain.