PI Blake Hollow

The first in a nerve-shredding new British crime thriller series from Malcolm Richards. A killer on the loose in Cornwall. A PI on a desperate hunt to unmask him. For eighteen years, private investigator Blake Hollow has been haunted by the disappearance of her childhood friend. Now, Blake has returned home to Cornwall to care for her injured mother – just as another local teenager goes missing. Troubled by painful memories, Blake is determined to find Lucy Truscott alive. Until a chilling message leads her to the young woman's mutilated corpse on the moors. As the police take control, Blake is convinced that Lucy isn't the killer's first victim and begins her own investigation. But as she searches for a connection between her long-missing friend and Lucy, is she wasting precious time? Or has she uncovered a secret serial killer whose grisly intentions are about to reach terrifying new heights? To identify him, Blake must confront her past and expose dangerous secrets that lurk beneath the surface of her hometown – before more young lives are taken.

Wealthy heiress Kerenza Trezise was about to marry the man she loved…until she killed herself in front of the entire wedding party. Private investigator Blake Hollow is hired to find out why. Physically and emotionally damaged by a near-death encounter with a serial killer, Blake knows this case is an opportunity to relaunch her struggling P.I. business. But as she attempts to infiltrate one of Cornwall's richest families at their impressive Frenchman's Creek estate, she learns that the Trezises have their own dark secrets to protect, and a shocking legacy of madness, horror, and death. Worse still, they'll do anything to stop Blake's private investigation from revealing the truth, including deception, intimidation, and perhaps even murder.They say family is forever. But they have never met the Trezise family... 'Down in the Blood' is a fast-paced and creepy Gothic murder mystery that draws on Cornish folklore and the occult. Fans of British crime fiction will love tenacious private detective Blake Hollow as she delves into another confounding murder case.

ONCE THEY INVITE YOU IN, THERE'S NO ESCAPE…It's tourist season in Cornwall, but beneath the bright facades and crowded beaches, a chilling darkness waits to welcome new followers.Years ago, twins Morgan and Sandy Teague vanished into the grip of the notorious Dawn Children cult-a group that reduced the town of Devil's Cove to ashes.Now, as the missing twins turn twenty-one, their desperate parents turn to private investigator Blake Hollow as their last hope. Reluctant at first, Blake's search soon leads her to a different kind of danger-a secluded sect led by a figure known only as Father.Promising sanctuary from the world's cruelties, Father uses his followers' devotion to satisfy his own twisted desires. But as Blake gets closer to the truth, Father's mask begins to slip-revealing the monster beneath his kindly exterior. What begins as a search for two missing siblings becomes a desperate fight for survival within his isolated kingdom of horrors.In The Devil's Hand, Blake Hollow confronts her most treacherous case yet-where salvation and damnation wear the same welcoming smile, and the truth may be deadlier than any lie.Discover more dark thrillers with PI Blake Hollow:Standalone investigations that can be read in any order.1. Circle of Bones2. Down in the Blood3. The Dark Below4. The Devil's Hand