Discover your next favourite crime mystery series! Get five bestselling books in one box set. Perfect for fans of Peter May, Peter James, James Oswald, Alex Gray, Roger Silverwood, Roy Lewis or Helen H. Durrant. Meet Chief Inspector Jim Ashworth. An old-school detective who knows how to handle the law, and himself.
BOOK 1: TIED TO MURDER
Blonde, attractive Stella Carway is found murdered. A blue bow is tied around her broken neck and her near naked body displayed like a bizarre gift. Her stormy marriage immediately points to her evasive husband, Steven, as the killer. But Detective Jim Ashworth is not so sure.
BOOK 2: THE PRICE OF MURDER
A sinister, distorted voice announces the kidnapping of factory owner Simon Edwards. Simon’s wife Barbara answers the terrifying call and is told to stay by the phone and await further instructions. Who has taken her husband and why? Detective Jim Ashworth and his team investigate.
BOOK 3: FLIRTING WITH MURDER
Two pretty young married women are found beaten to death. The first in Bluebell Wood. The second in a remote corner of Lumbertub Park. Jim Ashworth is called in to investigate and can’t fail to note the similarities. Can he catch the killer before another woman pays the price?
BOOK 4: MURDER IN THE COTTAGE
Author Joyce Regent flees to her ancestor’s cottage to escape a scandal. But her troubles are just beginning. Her ancestor was burned as a witch four hundred years ago. A threatening message arrives to tell her “next it’s you”. Jim Ashworth is called in. He doesn’t believe in curses. But he’ll soon be on the trail of a killer.
BOOK 5: MURDER IN THE LIBRARY
A man turns up dead in the home of a wealthy antiques dealer. In the library, book in hand, with a .38 bullet wound in the centre of his forehead. Detective Jim Ashworth’s search for the killer leads him into a twilight world of gangsters and drug dealers. Is he ready for what he’ll find?