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Shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award The Times Crime Book of the Month, April 2018 ‘A fascinating debut’ The Sunday Times ‘A touch of Agatha Christie, a dash of Ann Cleeves’s Vera and a suitably moody setting in the Peaks…bring a formidable newcomer to British crime writing.’ Daily Mail *** A SHOCKING DEATH A lawyer is found dead in a Peak District cave, his face ribboned with scratches. A SINISTER MESSAGE Amidst rumours of a local curse, DI Meg Dalton is convinced this is cold-blooded murder. There's just one catch – chiselled into the cave wall above the body is an image of the grim reaper and the dead man's initials, and it's been there for over a century. A DEADLY GAME As Meg battles to solve the increasingly disturbing case, it's clear someone knows her secrets. The murderer is playing games with Meg – and the dice are loaded… A white-knuckle crime debut introducing DI Meg Dalton, perfect for fans of Broadchurch and Happy Valley.

Shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award The Times Crime Book of the Month, April 2018 ‘A fascinating debut’ The Sunday Times ‘A touch of Agatha Christie, a dash of Ann Cleeves’s Vera and a suitably moody setting in the Peaks…bring a formidable newcomer to British crime writing.’ Daily Mail *** A SHOCKING DEATH A lawyer is found dead in a Peak District cave, his face ribboned with scratches. A SINISTER MESSAGE Amidst rumours of a local curse, DI Meg Dalton is convinced this is cold-blooded murder. There's just one catch – chiselled into the cave wall above the body is an image of the grim reaper and the dead man's initials, and it's been there for over a century. A DEADLY GAME As Meg battles to solve the increasingly disturbing case, it's clear someone knows her secrets. The murderer is playing games with Meg – and the dice are loaded… A white-knuckle crime debut introducing DI Meg Dalton, perfect for fans of Broadchurch and Happy Valley.

A gripping and powerful thriller set in the atmospheric Peak District that will have you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid, Susie Steiner and Broadchurch.*** She was racing towards the gorge. The place the locals knew as ‘Dead Girl's Drop’… DI Meg Dalton is thrown headlong into her latest case when she finds a ten-year-old girl running barefoot through the woods in a blood-soaked nightdress. In the house nearby, the girl's father has been brutally stabbed to death.At first Meg suspects a robbery gone tragically wrong, but something doesn’t add up. Why does the girl have no memory of what happened to her? And why has her behaviour changed so dramatically since her recent heart transplant?The case takes a chilling turn when evidence points to the girl’s involvement in her own father’s murder. As unsettling family secrets emerge, Meg is forced to question her deepest beliefs to discover the shocking truth, before the killer strikes again…*** **Roz Watkins’ compelling new DI Meg Dalton thriller, Cut to the Bone, is available for pre-order now!** *** ‘[Roz Watkins is] a formidable newcomer to British crime writing’ Daily Mail ‘Outstanding’ Stephen Booth 'With Dead Man’s Daughter, Roz raises the crime fiction bar yet again. Superbly plotted, sinister and genuinely thought-provoking.’ Caz Frear 'An original, creepy, twisted tale. I loved it.’ C.J. Tudor ‘Absorbingly impressive.’ The Times ‘A fast-paced, atmospheric story.’ Candis ‘A clever, twisty conundrum… intelligent and provocative.’ Sophie Drapher

‘ONE OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS OUT THERE’ Elly Griffiths‘I BARELY CAME UP FOR AIR’ Jo Furniss ‘CONFIRMS WATKINS IN THE FRONT RANK OF BRITISH CRIME WRITERS'Daily Mail ‘A RIVETING AND PROPULSIVE THRILLER’ Kia Abdullah‘SMART AND ATMOSPHERIC’ T. M. Logan___ A beautiful young social-media star goes missing. But who took her? When controversial internet celebrity Violet Armstrong vanishes in the middle of a scorching Peak District summer, the case sparks a media frenzy.The clock is ticking for DI Meg Dalton and her team to find Violet before online threats explode into real-life violence. And then the blood and hair of a young woman are found in an empty pig trough at the local abattoir…The more Meg finds out about this unnerving case, the more she becomes convinced that something very, very bad has happened to Violet. With temperatures rising and the press demanding answers, the case is about to take a terrifying turn…In bestselling author Roz Watkins’ chilling new thriller, DI Meg Dalton must face her most disturbing case yet. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Susie Steiner and Val McDermid.___ What authors and readers are saying about Cut to the Bone: ‘BRILLIANT AND COMPELLING’ Amanda Jennings‘A REAL-PAGE TURNER’ Sophie Draper‘I INHALED THIS NOVEL. IT REACHED TO MY BONE’ Netgalley‘A DARK AND TWISTY TALE, WITH A POWERHOUSE FINISH’ Rachael Blok‘ANOTHER RIPPER FROM ROZ. BRILLIANT!’ Suzy K Quinn‘SUSPENSE OOZES FROM EVERY PAGE’ Netgalley‘A HEART-IN-YOUR-MOUTH READ’ Jo Jakeman‘CHILLINGLY COMPELLING AND UTTERLY TWISTED’ Danielle Ramsay‘WILL KEEP YOU GLUED TO YOUR SEAT’ Jane Isaac‘A TERRIFIC READ’ Mick Finlay‘GRIPPING AND GRUESOME’ Sam Blake‘GRIPPING, CLEVER AND TWISTY’ Amanda Brittany

‘I BARELY CAME UP FOR AIR’ Jo Furniss’ONE OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS OUT THERE’ Elly Griffiths‘AN ABSOLUTE MASTERCLASS’ James Delargy‘A RIVETING AND PROPULSIVE THRILLER’ Kia Abdullah‘SMART AND ATMOSPHERIC’ T. M. Logan___A beautiful young social-media star goes missing.But who took her?When controversial internet celebrity Violet Armstrong vanishes in the middle of a scorching Peak District summer, the case sparks a media frenzy.The clock is ticking for DI Meg Dalton and her team to find Violet before online threats explode into real-life violence. And then the blood and hair of a young woman are found in an empty pig trough at the local abattoir…The more Meg finds out about this unnerving case, the more she becomes convinced that something very, very bad has happened to Violet. With temperatures rising and the press demanding answers, the case is about to take a terrifying turn…In bestselling author Roz Watkins’ chilling new thriller, DI Meg Dalton must face her most disturbing case yet. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Susie Steiner and Val McDermid.___What authors and readers are saying about Cut to the Bone:‘BRILLIANT AND COMPELLING’ Amanda Jennings‘A REAL-PAGE TURNER’ Sophie Draper‘I INHALED THIS NOVEL. IT REACHED TO MY BONE’ Netgalley‘A DARK AND TWISTY TALE, WITH A POWERHOUSE FINISH’ Rachael Blok‘ANOTHER RIPPER FROM ROZ. BRILLIANT!’ Suzy K Quinn‘SUSPENSE OOZES FROM EVERY PAGE’ Netgalley‘A HEART-IN-YOUR-MOUTH READ’ Jo Jakeman‘CHILLINGLY COMPELLING AND UTTERLY TWISTED’ Danielle Ramsay‘WILL KEEP YOU GLUED TO YOUR SEAT’ Jane Isaac‘A TERRIFIC READ’ Mick Finlay‘GRIPPING AND GRUESOME’ Sam Blake‘GRIPPING, CLEVER AND TWISTY’ Amanda Brittany

‘ONE OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS OUT THERE’ Elly Griffiths‘I BARELY CAME UP FOR AIR’ Jo Furniss ‘CONFIRMS WATKINS IN THE FRONT RANK OF BRITISH CRIME WRITERS'Daily Mail ‘A RIVETING AND PROPULSIVE THRILLER’ Kia Abdullah‘SMART AND ATMOSPHERIC’ T. M. Logan___ A beautiful young social-media star goes missing. But who took her? When controversial internet celebrity Violet Armstrong vanishes in the middle of a scorching Peak District summer, the case sparks a media frenzy.The clock is ticking for DI Meg Dalton and her team to find Violet before online threats explode into real-life violence. And then the blood and hair of a young woman are found in an empty pig trough at the local abattoir…The more Meg finds out about this unnerving case, the more she becomes convinced that something very, very bad has happened to Violet. With temperatures rising and the press demanding answers, the case is about to take a terrifying turn…In bestselling author Roz Watkins’ chilling new thriller, DI Meg Dalton must face her most disturbing case yet. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Susie Steiner and Val McDermid.___ What authors and readers are saying about Cut to the Bone: ‘BRILLIANT AND COMPELLING’ Amanda Jennings‘A REAL-PAGE TURNER’ Sophie Draper‘I INHALED THIS NOVEL. IT REACHED TO MY BONE’ Netgalley‘A DARK AND TWISTY TALE, WITH A POWERHOUSE FINISH’ Rachael Blok‘ANOTHER RIPPER FROM ROZ. BRILLIANT!’ Suzy K Quinn‘SUSPENSE OOZES FROM EVERY PAGE’ Netgalley‘A HEART-IN-YOUR-MOUTH READ’ Jo Jakeman‘CHILLINGLY COMPELLING AND UTTERLY TWISTED’ Danielle Ramsay‘WILL KEEP YOU GLUED TO YOUR SEAT’ Jane Isaac‘A TERRIFIC READ’ Mick Finlay‘GRIPPING AND GRUESOME’ Sam Blake‘GRIPPING, CLEVER AND TWISTY’ Amanda Brittany

Shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger AwardThe Times Crime Book of the Month, April 2018‘A fascinating debut’ The Sunday Times‘A touch of Agatha Christie, a dash of Ann Cleeves’s Vera and a suitably moody setting in the Peaks…bring a formidable newcomer to British crime writing.’ Daily Mail***A SHOCKING DEATHA lawyer is found dead in a Peak District cave, his face ribboned with scratches.A SINISTER MESSAGEAmidst rumours of a local curse, DI Meg Dalton is convinced this is cold-blooded murder. There''s just one catch – chiselled into the cave wall above the body is an image of the grim reaper and the dead man''s initials, and it''s been there for over a century.A DEADLY GAME As Meg battles to solve the increasingly disturbing case, it''s clear someone knows her secrets. The murderer is playing games with Meg – and the dice are loaded…A white-knuckle crime debut introducing DI Meg Dalton, perfect for fans of Broadchurch and Happy Valley.

'Atmospheric, creepy, immersive, chilling' Andrea MaraAn atmospheric psychological thriller with a gothic twist from the author of The Red House. A BIZARRE SERIES OF DEATHS In the Cornish village of Peneerie, a tragedy is unfolding. Girls are dying on their seventeenth birthdays and no one can explain why. Some say it’s a curse; others a psychological phenomenon known as suicide contagion. What Kat knows is her daughter Ruby’s birthday is fast approaching. A CURSE AWOKEN Villagers talk anxiously of Eliza, a serving girl in the local manor house who took her own life on her seventeenth birthday nearly two hundred years ago. She cursed the girls of the village to never see womanhood. A MOTHER PREPARED TO DO ANYTHING Kat is determined that Ruby won’t be the next to die, by any means necessary. As she races to unravel Eliza’s Curse, Kat will have to confront the ghosts of the past and shocking truths about the world she lives in. But how far will she go to protect her daughter? And what will it cost to break the cycle of tragedy before it’s too late?____________‘A twisty and absorbing thriller with a hugely satisfying reveal. I raced through it!’ B. A. Paris‘A memorable and timely read, written with a strong sense of place and weighty themes’ Louise Voss‘A deeply troubling situation in a beautiful, wild setting, with characters you really care about. Add in a gothic mansion, the creepiest doll you've ever imagined and a curse that won't relent, and you have the perfect mix!’ Melanie Golding‘Atmospheric, gothic, and deeply unsettling in the very best way’ Suzy K Quinn

'Cleverly crafted, twisty, gripping and suspenseful’ B. A. Paris Only the killer holds the key… A Sunday Times Book of the Summer IT WAS THE CRIME THAT SHOCKED A NATION. The Flowers were the perfect family. Until the day fifteen-year-old Joseph shot dead his parents and baby brother whilst his younger sister Eve hid. The family home became known as ‘The Red House’, the place where the walls were covered in blood. THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD THE KILLER. No one knows why Joseph murdered his family: the following day he crashed his car and has been in a coma for two decades. Eve’s always known he did it; she saw the crime, after all. WHAT IF THEY WERE WRONG? Now an adult, Eve is forced to re-examine her memories when disturbing new evidence about the case comes to light. Rumour has it that Joseph created a hidden level in his game that night, which might hold the key.But if Joseph didn’t do it, then the killer’s still out there – and they’re coming back for the girl who escaped… 'A masterclass in pace and intrigue. Tense, immersive, clever, surprising and unique’ Andrea Mara, author of No One Saw a Thing ‘I wanted to immediately start reading again to check the very clever clues… A clever and engaging mystery with a resolution that will completely blow you away’ Susi Holliday, author of The Hike 'You won’t know where you’re going until the last page. A genuinely delicious mystery’ Christina Dalcher, author of Vox ***Readers are LOVING The Red House:‘Definitely a contender for any year’s book of the year’‘An emotional rollercoaster of a ride…I could not put it down’‘Wow. Just wow’‘Carefully crafted plot and well-drawn characters made this an intelligent thriller that had me hooked’‘A brilliant thriller from the first page until the last’

’Cleverly crafted, twisty, gripping and suspenseful’ B. A. ParisOnly the killer holds the key. . . A Sunday Times Book of the SummerIT WAS THE CRIME THAT SHOCKED A NATION.The Flowers were the perfect family. Until the day fifteen-year-old Joseph shot dead his parents and baby brother whilst his younger sister Eve hid. The family home became known as ‘The Red House’, the place where the walls were covered in blood.THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD THE KILLER.No one knows why Joseph murdered his family: the following day he crashed his car and has been in a coma for two decades. Eve’s always known he did it; she saw the crime, after all.WHAT IF THEY WERE WRONG?Now an adult, Eve is forced to re-examine her memories when disturbing new evidence about the case comes to light. Rumour has it that Joseph created a hidden level in his game that night, which might hold the key.But if Joseph didn’t do it, then the killer’s still out there – and they’re coming back for the girl who escaped. . .’A masterclass in pace and intrigue. Tense, immersive, clever, surprising and unique’Andrea Mara, author of No One Saw a Thing‘I wanted to immediately start reading again to check the very clever clues… A clever and engaging mystery with a resolution that will completely blow you away’Susi Holliday, author of The Hike’You won’t know where you’re going until the last page. A genuinely delicious mystery’Christina Dalcher, author of Vox***Readers are LOVING The Red House:‘Definitely a contender for any year’s book of the year’‘An emotional rollercoaster of a ride. . .I could not put it down’‘Wow. Just wow’‘Carefully crafted plot and well-drawn characters made this an intelligent thriller that had me hooked’‘A brilliant thriller from the first page until the last’

'Cleverly crafted, twisty, gripping and suspenseful’ B. A. Paris Only the killer holds the key… A Sunday Times Book of the Summer IT WAS THE CRIME THAT SHOCKED A NATION. The Flowers were the perfect family. Until the day fifteen-year-old Joseph shot dead his parents and baby brother whilst his younger sister Eve hid. The family home became known as ‘The Red House’, the place where the walls were covered in blood. THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD THE KILLER. No one knows why Joseph murdered his family: the following day he crashed his car and has been in a coma for two decades. Eve’s always known he did it; she saw the crime, after all. WHAT IF THEY WERE WRONG? Now an adult, Eve is forced to re-examine her memories when disturbing new evidence about the case comes to light. Rumour has it that Joseph created a hidden level in his game that night, which might hold the key.But if Joseph didn’t do it, then the killer’s still out there – and they’re coming back for the girl who escaped… 'A masterclass in pace and intrigue. Tense, immersive, clever, surprising and unique’ Andrea Mara, author of No One Saw a Thing ‘I wanted to immediately start reading again to check the very clever clues… A clever and engaging mystery with a resolution that will completely blow you away’ Susi Holliday, author of The Hike 'You won’t know where you’re going until the last page. A genuinely delicious mystery’ Christina Dalcher, author of Vox ***Readers are LOVING The Red House:‘Definitely a contender for any year’s book of the year’‘An emotional rollercoaster of a ride…I could not put it down’‘Wow. Just wow’‘Carefully crafted plot and well-drawn characters made this an intelligent thriller that had me hooked’‘A brilliant thriller from the first page until the last’

Geisterhafte Stimmung, rationale Ermittlung: die neue englische Krimiserie mit DI Megan Dalton im Peak DistrictEin erschreckender Todesfall: in einer Höhle mitten im wilden Peak District wird ein Rechtsanwalt tot aufgefunden.Eine dunkle Botschaft: Während alte Legenden um Fluch und Hexerei im Ort umgehen, ist Detective Inspector Megan Dalton sicher, dass es sich um Mord handelt. Es gibt nur ein Problem: in die Felswand hinter dem Toten sind seine Initialen und das Bild vom Sensenmann gemeißelt. Und die stehen da schon seit hundert Jahren.Ein tödliches Echo: Bei den schwierigen Ermittlungen merkt Meg, dass irgendjemand ihre persönlichen Geheimnisse kennt - vielleicht sogar der Mörder? Meg muss ihre eigenen Dämonen bekämpfen, um den Täter aufzuspüren ..."Meisterhaft balanciert Watkins zwischen geisterhafter Stimmung und rationaler Ermittlung." Sunday Times"Diese Ermittlerin hebt sich ab: faszinierend, unglamourös, absolut glaubwürdig." The Times Crime Book of the Month