Everyone deserves a second chance. But some scars never fade. For almost two decades, Mercy Reid has lived behind the walls of Fairmile Prison, serving time for murder. But she's not your typical inmate—she mentors new arrivals, comforts the lost, and tries to make sense of her past crimes...

To love, honour, cherish, kill... The investigation into the murder of an investment banker reveals a hidden side to sharp-suited victim Adam Sinclair—and a cast-iron reason why someone would want him dead. The problem is DS Kevin Coupland knows the chief suspect. Not a friend in the...

Winter is approaching A world gone mad Two murdered girls The body of a teenage girl is found two days after being reported missing. A discussion with the pathologist reveals that another girl was found in similar circumstances only her murder never made it into the press. When DS Kevin...

The New DS Coupland Novel. An accusation of police brutality. An unsolved hit and run. A social media minefield. The murder squad’s resources at Salford Precinct Station are stretched to the limit. DS Kevin Coupland is called out to a fatal fire at a local residential home for vulnerable...

A gripping warts and all police procedural which will hook fans of Angela Marsons and Ed James. When he stopped a serial killer in his tracks earlier in the year he thought that would be the end of it, but for DS Kevin Coupland his nightmare has just begun. A child’s body is discovered hidden...

No sooner has Detective Sergeant Kevin Coupland stepped off the plane from a family holiday than he gets the call that a woman’s body has been found on a path beside a recreation park in a smart suburb in Salford. Sharon Mathers suffered a brutal blow to the head following a night out with...

A Place of Safety is a fast paced, brutal account of struggling families, overstretched police and modern-day gang culture. DS Kevin Coupland, still coming to terms with his wife’s illness, has a new DCI to contend with. DS Alex Moreton, due to start her maternity leave at the end of the week...

Fragile Cord is an emotional roller coaster charting the psychological meltdown of a mother with a deadly secret. Tracey Kavanagh was her usual upbeat self - right up until the moment she drowned her son and tied a rope around her neck, killing herself and her unborn child. For Alex Moreton...

Sticks and Stones is the sixth book in the popular DS Coupland series. A consultant is accused of killing his patients.... A local MP has murdered a call girl.... A teacher ploughs a minibus into a group of pupils.... It’s as though Salford is under a permanent full moon, not helped by the...

A double murder. A divided city. A detective who won’t walk away. The author of One Bad Turn delivers this pulse-pounding crime thriller.