The DI Benjamin Kidd Thrillers
Imitation is the most terrifying form of flattery…
DI Benjamin Kidd has been missing for the past six months. No one has heard from him. He’s disconnected from his friends, from his family, and from the job he dedicated his life to—the job that cost him everything.
Then a new, all too familiar murder occurs on his patch and Kidd has no choice but to throw himself back into the fold. A young woman has been found with a smile cut into her throat, eyes carved into her cheeks, the brutal signature of The Grinning Murders—one of the most ruthless serial killers the country has ever seen. A killer who lies behind bars.
However things are not as they seem and not everything adds up. Only one thing is clear: Kidd may be the only one who can figure this out before this copycat killer strikes again.
The truth haunts…
When Sarah Harper, a young girl from a rich family with a seemingly perfect life vanishes without a trace, there is an outpouring of grief from the community and all eyes are on DI Kidd and his team to get her found and get her found fast.
But nobody’s life is as it seems, DI Kidd knows that more than most, and it isn’t long before secrets start surfacing about Sarah and her family, cracking the veneer of their seemingly ideal existence. Suddenly everyone is a suspect and time is running out to bring the girl back alive.
With his boss breathing down his neck and the eyes of the world on him, Kidd is having to juggle his personal and professional life once again, a tightrope walk he has fallen from once and cannot afford to do again…
The best revenge is murder…
When a young man shows up dead in an alleyway, his body mutilated, a single photograph of his final moments at his side, DI Benjamin Kidd knows he is dealing with something serious and deadly.
As another victim is uncovered, the same fatal wounds, the same horrifying picture of their last breath, Kidd realises he needs to find a connection and he needs to find it fast.
But the connection he finds is one that puts more lives in danger than he could have anticipated. With a relentless killer on the loose and bodies piling up, DI Kidd and his team are going to have to pull out all the stops before it’s too late…
Hell Hath No Fury…
Detective Inspector Benjamin Kidd is still reeling from the events of his last case and the revelations in his personal life. But he doesn’t have time to relax.
A child has been kidnapped in broad daylight. As Kidd and his team dive into the histories of the parents, secrets begin to unravel and the more he digs, the darker things seem to get. It’s more than just a kidnapping, these kids are in big trouble.
With his personal life in tatters and his professional life even worse, things are about to take a turn as this case gets personal. Suddenly Kidd has more to lose than he ever thought possible…
Secrets don’t stay buried forever…
After more than two years, DI Benjamin Kidd’s long lost partner Craig Peyton has reappeared. Missing, presumed dead, Kidd was certain he would never see him again. But as the secrets surrounding Craig’s disappearance come to light, Kidd starts to realise just how much trouble he is in and that Craig needs his help if he is going to survive it.
But the detective has other things on his mind. A killer with a flair for the dramatic and gruesome is loose on the borough. Severed body parts are being delivered to the people involved in a landmark case from years past, and all eyes are on Kidd’s team to solve it. With the bodies piling up and time running out, DI Kidd needs to work fast, before one of his own gets caught in the crossfire…
Black, white and dead all over…
Detective Inspector Benjamin Kidd’s life has never felt more normal. His ex is finally out of the picture, his relationship with his partner John is clicking along nicely and work is…well…work is work. And it’s about to shake up his life once again as case that hits a little bit too close to home appears on his desk.
When bestselling novelist, Alexander Clarke, is found dead in his apartment, all signs point to foul play. He was a star on the rise, a major book award winner with a follow-up looking to set the literary world on fire, but all it takes is a little bit of digging to see that Alexander’s life wasn’t all it seemed.
A dark and twisted game is afoot and now DI Kidd is in a race against time to figure out who is behind it before the killer can strike again.
He who laughs last, laughs longest…
The death of Albert Hansen comes as a shock to many, but it hits no one quite as hard as it hits DI Benjamin Kidd. Fifteen years ago he was involved in The Grinning Murders, a brutal killing spree enacted by Hansen who sliced smiles into the necks of his victims. It has haunted Kidd ever since. But with him gone, Kidd thinks he will finally be able to sleep easy.
But when news of the accidental release of Tony Warrington, the successor to Albert Hansen’s grizzly legacy, reaches Kidd’s ears, he realises that his nightmare is only just beginning. With a convicted murderer out for revenge, no one is safe and not everyone will make it out of this alive…
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