Freeman Files

Gus Freeman is a retired detective inspector who has spent the past three years alone. Freeman's wife, Tess, died from a brain aneurysm six months to the day after his retirement. He is still coming to terms with his enforced solitary existence. His old boss wants Gus to head up a Crime Review Team investigating cold cases. Old witness statements plus fresh clues, and the hunt would be on. But Freeman wonders whether his superiors need his old-style methods. Is the request out of pity, to occupy his mind with fruitless digging into cases that their best young brains failed to crack? Yet he can't resist the chance to enter the fray for one last hurrah. In this first case, the team tackles the brutal murder of Daphne Tolliver in June 2008. The sixty-eight-year-old widow was walking her dog, Bobby, in a woodland close to her home. Despite the efforts of detectives at the time, they never identified a single suspect. A reconstruction of Daphne's last known moments on television five years later yielded nothing. Gus Freeman and his new team appear to have a tough nut to crack for their first case.

A newly formed Crime Review Team is investigating cold cases that defied their colleagues. Austerity cuts mean that Gus Freeman only has a team of three to assist him. Detective Sergeant Alex Hardy, a police pursuit motorcyclist, currently uses a wheelchair as he recovers from a high-speed accident. Detective Sergeant Neil Davis is a bright young detective, whose family members have served in the Wiltshire force for generations. Lydia Logan Barre, the forensic psychologist graduate, is attractive, outspoken, and fiercely competitive. In his first case, Freeman soon found his footing after three years in retirement. Now a murderer awaits sentencing, and another cold-case file has landed on his desk. He must look into the case of Trudi Villiers, a twenty-six-year-old barmaid murdered as she walked home from the Ring O'Bells pub in October, 2003. Trudi may have been a good-time girl with a string of lovers, but she was someone's daughter, and Freeman wants his team to find the truth about what happened to her on that fateful night.

Gus Freeman's Crime Review Team has two successful cold-case investigations behind them. Will it be third time lucky? The victim's profession might make it hard to find someone to talk. Laura Mallinder left home for work on Sunday, June 12, 2011. She walked to Gentle Touch, a massage parlor in Broadgreen, Swindon. Her boss, Maggie Monk, discovered her body later that evening. Laura, twenty-seven-years-old, sustained fatal stab wounds to her back. Meanwhile, developments continue in ongoing cases, including their most recent case, in which Detective Sergeant Neil Davis's father, Terry, came under the microscope. Was the former detective responsible for sending an innocent man to prison? Or did he follow orders from a superior officer? And Detective Sergeant Alex Hardy continues his recovery from his motorcycle accident, hoping to soon take a more active role in the job he loves. Lydia Logan Barre grows closer to Alex and reveals the secret behind her reasons for abandoning her theatrical ambitions and joining the police.

Dr. Ian McGuire, a research scientist, was shot dead in his kitchen in 2004. The original investigation found no motive, no leads, and no suspects. Gus Freeman and his Crime Review Team have a tough cold case to solve. However, the case becomes the least of their worries. Late on a quiet Saturday, January 10, 2004, Dr. Ian McGuire, a Southampton soccer fanatic, was working at his home in Amesbury. He had one eye on the kitchen door he was repainting and the other on the TV screen for the soccer scores. Outside in the darkness, a killer crept silently through the small back garden and fired two shots through the kitchen window from a pump-action shotgun. As the team begin to tackle this cold-case assignment, Gus Freeman has other things on his mind. Who is the mysterious stranger that villagers claim to have seen watching Gus's bungalow? Can Gus discover the "mole" at police headquarters? How far would a senior police officer go to prevent a dark secret from being exposed? And what's next for Gus and Detective Inspector Suzie Ferris after their night of passion?

Despite all the recent drama in the police department, the Crime Review Team has another cold case to unravel. Dennis Gates was shot dead in August, 2010. His killer was never found. Dennis Gates, a forty-nine-year-old car dealer in Marlborough, was at his office in August, 2010, when a young man drove onto the forecourt of the garage, pulled up by the office door, and calmly walked around the front of the car. Gates came to the door expecting to greet a potential customer. The killer swung a gun up and fired twice from point-blank range, hitting Gates in the throat. The police believed it was a possible contract killing. The team members have their own crises to face. Will the frantic search for Detective Inspector Suzie Ferris and her kidnapper have a successful outcome? Can Gus end the careers of the corrupt senior officers behind her disappearance? Or will the team buckle under the pressure?

Why did pet-shop owner Mark Malone die in a hail of bullets in May, 2015? Gus Freeman and the Crime Review Team who investigate cold cases are faced with many questions but few answers. Mark Malone's BMW had tinted windows, a lowered suspension, and a loud car stereo. He drove it at speed along the Beckhampton road late at night back in 2015. That wasn't unusual. It was hard to resist speeding on that stretch of road, and hundreds of drivers have been caught speeding there every year. Several died in high-speed accidents. What made the Malone incident different was that, fifteen minutes earlier, he had stopped at a garage on the A4 in Bath Road, outside Marlborough. A grey 7-series BMW stopped behind him, and the two drivers appeared to argue. As Malone reached the outskirts of Devizes, someone fired six shots with a handgun. Malone lost control of his car and hit several parked vehicles before ending up in a garden. He got hit twice in the head and died in the hospital later that morning. The attack might have been a case of road rage or mistaken identity. Killer Ricky Gardiner is on the run from the police. Who will catch up with him first?

The Crime Review Team now has a convoluted and dangerous cold case to solve regarding the Burnside family. In Wiltshire, England, the Crime Review Team is headed by Gus Freeman, pulled back to the police force after three years in retirement. With old witness statements plus fresh clues, the hunt can be on again. Freeman and his team now have several successful cold-case investigations behind them. But can Freeman find Grant Burnside's killer? Grant Burnside, the leader of a violent gang, was killed by a lone sniper in May, 2014. Four years later, Gus Freeman and his team review a case that refuses to give up any answers. The Burnside family prides itself on being impregnable. Nobody speaks out against them and lives. Gus keeps digging away at the foundations until the fortress topples like a house of cards. But will Gus find Grant Burnside's killer? And why does every stone they turn over lead to the solving of unrelated crimes?

A brutal murder occurred at a remote bungalow in January, 2013. Gus Freeman and his team are assigned the cold case. In Wiltshire, England, the Crime Review Team is headed by Gus Freeman, pulled back to the police force after three years in retirement. With old witness statements plus fresh clues, the hunt can be on again. Freeman and his team now have several successful cold-case investigations behind them. Ursula Wakeley, a seventy-eight-year-old spinster, was murdered in 2013. Why did the former librarian become a victim? Was it a robbery or something more sinister? Returning to the Crime Review Team is Alex Hardy, and Blessing Umeh is a new member joining the Crime Review Team, giving Gus Freeman new hands and new issues to deal with.

Ivan Kendall died in a train station restroom eighty miles from home in March, 2014. Why did the quiet family man travel to Westbury from South Wales so late at night? The Crime Review Team, headed by formerly retired policeman Gus Freeman to investigate cold cases in Wiltshire, England, now must tackle another cold case besides that of Ivan Kendall. As the team closes in on an assassin, from the previous cold case involving Grant Burnside's death, an old adversary stands in their way. In lighter moments, Suzie Ferris moves in with Gus, and Lydia Logan Barre finds her father.

Stacey Read was thirteen and a half when she disappeared. Police found Stacey's body in the canal ten days later. Gus Freeman and his team are reviewing the unsolved case. In Wiltshire, England, the Crime Review Team is headed by Gus Freeman, pulled back to the police force after three years in retirement. With old witness statements plus fresh clues, the hunt can be on again. Freeman and his team now have several successful cold-case investigations behind them. However, nothing is ever what it seems, and Freeman has his work cut out in this tenth cold case as the true horror is revealed.

Alan Duncan met Maddy Mills at a party. They fell in love and moved in together. What led to Alan's murder as he went on his weekly run four years later? In Wiltshire, England, the Crime Review Team was formed to investigate cold cases. Headed by Gus Freeman, the team has several successful cold-case investigations behind them. Gus Freeman suspects that both Alan and Maddy were hiding from someone. The facts of Alan's murder lead to an intriguing and complex cold case that will take all of Gus's skills to unravel.

A wealthy businessman lay dead on his doorstep in May, 2012, from a single shot to the head. Gerry Hogan was an honest, hard-working family man with no known enemies. His two young sons stood frozen with shock as Gerry's partner cradled him in her arms. In Wiltshire, England, the Crime Review Team headed by Gus Freeman, was formed to investigate cold cases. With old witness statements plus fresh clues, the hunt can be on again, and Freeman and his team have several successful cold-case investigations behind them. Now, however, when Gus Freeman and the team interview Gerry's friends and family, they get a shock. At the start, they had a handful of suspects. Soon they have too many. Why? This twelfth case for the Crime Review Team is their most baffling mystery so far.

Who stabbed Marion Reeves in a frenzied attack in her car back in March, 2011? Marion's past holds the answer, but dark forces blocked the original investigation. In Wiltshire, England, the Crime Review Team headed by Gus Freeman was formed to investigate cold cases. Freeman and his team have successfully solved several cases, using old witness statements plus fresh clues. After delving into Marion Reeves's past, Gus Freeman confronts a group of wealthy people who are desperate to hide the truth. Each witness interview provides another missing piece of the jigsaw. Can Freeman complete the picture and unmask the killer? The thirteenth case for the Crime Review Team will keep you listening to the end.

Kendal Guthrie could start an argument in an empty room, but who killed him, and why? The Crime Review Team was formed in Wiltshire, England, to investigate old cold cases. Headed by Gus Freeman, the team has successfully solved several cases, using old witness statements plus fresh clues. Kendal Guthrie argued with five people in a remote country pub on the night he died. How could the killer have reached Guthrie's farm ahead of him that night? It seemed impossible. Gus Freeman believes that distance, time, and locations are the key to solving the mystery. A member of the Crime Review Team has a hunch and ventures onto Salisbury Plain alone. But the Salisbury Plain is a dangerous place to be after dark.

Who shot recently wed garage owner Richard Chaloner in November, 2016? The theory at the time was that it was a robbery gone wrong. The Crime Review Team in Wiltshire, England, was formed to investigate unsolved cases. The team, headed by Gus Freeman, has successfully resolved more than a dozen cold-case murders. For this case, the Crime Review Team needs to uncover the motive for the killing-and fast. Gus dismisses the original theory that the Chaloner murder was a robbery gone wrong. Something convinces him that it was personal. Was the killer someone Chaloner knew? Gus Freeman has handled every imaginable type of crime in his career with the police force, but nothing was ever like this one.

Who killed Danute Zukas, a twenty-three-year-old Lithuanian woman, in July 2014? In Wiltshire, England, the Crime Review Team investigates cold cases and has successfully resolved more than a dozen. Headed by former police detective Gus Freeman, the team uses old witness statements plus fresh clues to start the hunt again. Danute Zukas arrived in Bath, England, in March, 2011, worked in a late-night bar, and was well liked and happy. Then in April, 2012, she quit her job and disappeared. A dog walker found her body in a ditch, but police never learned where Danute had been for the previous two years. Gus and his Crime Review Team unravel a complex mystery with a shocking conclusion.

Clive Palmer, age forty-eight, was a former history teacher from London who was sent to prison. After prison, he moved to the county of Wiltshire. Ten months later, he was dead. Wiltshire's Crime Review Team investigates cold cases and has successfully resolved more than a dozen. Headed by former police detective Gus Freeman, the team uses old witness statements plus fresh clues to start the hunt again. Upon his release from prison, Clive Palmer bought a second-hand car and a trailer and moved to a village outside of Swindon in the county of Wiltshire. He was murdered just ten months later. The brutal stabbing and mutilation suggest the murder was linked to his past. Before Gus and his team can delve into the murder of Palmer, they must put the finishing touches to two earlier cases. A hectic schedule lies ahead.

The perfect blend of detective mystery and everyday life, that will delight fans of Sally Rigby, Faith Martin, Joy Ellis, Simon McCleave, and Pauline Rowson. A gripping series that will have you hooked. CASE FILE #18—June 2008 Katherine Alford was found dead in her car at a local beauty spot. The devoted mother had received an urgent phone call late in the evening and asked a neighbor to babysit for ten minutes. She never returned. Gus Freeman and his team uncover failings in the initial police investigation, but every eyewitness they re-interview can't offer fresh clues, they only add to the mystery. Who did Katherine dash out of the house to meet? When Gus finally unmasks their identity, he reveals the true motive for the murder.