Richard Burrell
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Series
Waking the Dead volume 4
Language
English
Description
Boyd is told by an ex-army officer that the security services did not always play fair in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. When he discovers that his car has been bugged, he realises that things haven't changed. The ex-officer promises Boyd new evidence, but is killed in a car bomb before he can deliver it. As the evidence starts pointing back to the assassinated Government minister, the solution appears to be clear.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 12
Language
English
Description
Boyd's team are sure the dark force cited by two homicidal psychiatric patients exists and continue to investigate the mysterious Shepherd.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 6
Language
English
Description
Mel is suspended from the case pending an inquiry, while Grace and Boyd have more questions for Roper, but the doctor's in no position to answer them.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 11
Language
English
Description
A woman torches her home, killing her family. She claims that she was incited to commit arson by a mysterious figure called 'Shepherd'.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 8
Language
English
Description
The team attempt to unravel the secret past of their guitar teacher suspect and his criminal associate. They finally uncover the fatal consequences of resigning from what was meant to be a lifetime job. Sam is brought in and he admits everything. He even volunteers to show Boyd where the gun is buried. But he has no intention of going back inside.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 10
Language
English
Description
The cold case team continue to try to unravel the macabre murders, and DNA evidence brings them towards their suspect.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 5
Language
English
Description
One of a pair of twins is admitted to hospital 15 years after they both went missing, but then he disappears again, and a murder takes place.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 9
Language
English
Description
A sadomasochistic killer is on the loose. The killings are brutal, and the apparently homosexual victims have the word 'Sorry' carved in their backs.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 2
Language
English
Description
Having established that the killer's victims are the surviving members of the same WWII regiment, Boyd and his team must find the next possible target, but no one knows where he is. The motive for the murders becomes clear when they uncover the story of a brutal gang rape that led to a pregnancy and suicide.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 1
Language
English
Description
The case of an ex-soldier found dead with his skull nailed to the floor in 1948 has been reopened due to media attention and pressure created by his grandson. The team discover a similar murder dating back to the 1960s. Then the killer strikes again and a further victim is found nailed to the floor – this time in a nursing home for the elderly. Is World War II the common link? The team must find the next possible victim, but no one knows where he...
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 7
Language
English
Description
Sam Jacobs is released from prison to start a new life. But then a man is murdered in the hostel where Sam stays and soon he is a suspect. But it looks as though he was in fact the intended victim. Sam has a hidden past, which the team can only speculate about. On the surface, he appears to be a devoted family man, so why does he have influential connections in the criminal world?
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 3
Language
English
Description
Who is the skeletal inhabitant of a car abandoned in a disused garage, and what links him to the assassination of a government minister 25 years ago?
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 4
Language
English
Description
Following the murder of Mark Lovell's cousin, the team establish that Mark has a watertight alibi. The search for the real murderer narrows down to the remaining family members. The discovery of drug-running deals and witness protection muddies the waters of the investigation.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 3
Language
English
Description
Boyd and Silver find themselves involved in a cold case when Frankie gives evidence at the appeal for convicted killer Mark Lovell. Eleven years ago, Mark was jailed for the murder of his adopted father, Thomas Lovell. Neither the family's fishing boat nor Mark's mother, sister or niece have been seen since his father's death. Boyd believes the only way to find the true identity of the killer is to discover what happened to the rest of the family,...
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Series
Waking the Dead volume 5
Language
English
Description
The team is faced with a highly disturbing case of murder and child abuse in a children's home. When Dr. Laurie Poole barges into Boyd's office, she claims to have new information which will shed light on the abuse and disappearance of two boys. Boyd reluctantly takes on the investigation and soon realizes that there is a lot more to it than first meets the eye.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 1
Language
English
Description
Carl Mackenzie, a man jailed for a high-street shooting spree, has always maintained his innocence. Now his sister is fighting for an appeal, based on the shoddy investigation that fed the prosecution's original case. But for DCI Boyd, reopening the case means reopening a personal wound.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 2
Language
English
Description
The case against Carl Mackenzie unravels further when the team discover a potential link between the massacre from the multistory car park in the UK and a massacre at a mine on an island off the coast of Africa. Mel, meanwhile, is suspicious of DCI Boyd's reluctance to dig deeper, and his unquestioning acceptance of the only eyewitness statement.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 8
Language
English
Description
The gangster responsible for the bodies behind the walls in the Notting Hill house is still active today and the unearthing of past events provokes more murders and an international turf war. When Gerry Raistrick is murdered, the team realize that Frannie Henning, daughter of one of the original victims, knew more about the murders than she had admitted.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 7
Language
English
Description
Mel's celebrations at being promoted to sergeant are cut short when a mummified body is discovered in a garbage bin. As the team begins to dissect the remains, an anonymous call leads them to a house in Notting Hill which featured in Gerry Raistrick's controversial Sixties film about gang warfare – which may not have been so fictional after all.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 6
Language
English
Description
The team are racing against the clock as they try to establish the identity of the care-home pedophilic murderer. Meanwhile, he is being hunted down by two of his victims: Tanner, the dead boy's twin brother, and another former resident who was abused. The team need to reach the pedophile first, to prevent another death.