Patel & Pardoe – serie

The must-read horror novel from master of the genre, Graham Masterton. A RASH OF MURDERS A young woman pours acid over her body. A loving husband kills his wife. A headteacher throws her pupils out of a window. Who or what has made ordinary Londoners commit such horrific acts?A DEADLY VIRUS DC Jerry Pardoe and DS Jamila Patel of Tooting police are at a loss. With no obvious connection between the killings, they fear a virus.THE INFECTION IS SPREADING Something evil is stirring in the city. A supernatural force that infects its victims with a lust to murder. And Jerry and Jamila are powerless to stop it...ALSO IN THE PATEL & PARDOE SERIES#1 GHOST VIRUS#2 THE CHILDREN GOD FORGOT#3 THE SHADOW PEOPLE#4 WHAT HIDES IN THE CELLAR#5 HOUSE OF FLIES 'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time.' PETER JAMES

Forsake the living. Forget the dead. Fear the children... The must-read horror from master of the genre, perfect for Halloween.A TERRIFYING BIRTH A young woman is rushed to the hospital with stabbing pains in her stomach. The chief surgeon delivers a living child with the face of an angel and the body of a tentacled monster. The doctors are unanimous that the baby must die.AN ESCAPE FROM THE DARK Engineer Gemma is plunged into darkness in a tunnel beneath London. Before she escapes, a strange green light illuminates a cluster of ghostly figures. Gemma is certain they were children.A SUPERNATURAL THREAT DC Jerry Pardoe and DS Jamila Patel, of Tooting Police, have investigated the occult before – but nothing as strange and horrible as what they must confront in the city sewers. Down there in the dark, where the dead come back to life, witchcraft is the only force strong enough to save you...ALSO IN THE PATEL & PARDOE SERIES#1 GHOST VIRUS#2 THE CHILDREN GOD FORGOT#3 THE SHADOW PEOPLE#4 WHAT HIDES IN THE CELLAR#5 HOUSE OF FLIES Praise for Graham Masterton'God, it's good' Stephen King 'Masterton handles his large cast of well-drawn characters with the finesse of a master storyteller, propelling the tension-filled narrative through a series of short, fast-paced chapters, and steers the novel towards a suspenseful finale' Guardian 'A true master of horror' James Herbert 'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time' Peter James 'A natural storyteller with a unique gift for turning the mundane into the terrifyingly real' New York Journal of Books 'This is a first-class thriller with some juicy horror touches. Mystery readers who don't know the Maguire novels should change that right now' Booklist 'One of Britain's finest horror writers' Daily Mail

'God, he's good' Stephen KingA BURNING PYRE The smell of roasting meat alerts police to squatters in an abandoned London factory. But when they arrive, the place is empty... except for a gruesome pile of scorched human heads.AN ANCIENT RITUAL Arcane markings on the factory wall lead DS Jamila Patel and DC Jerry Pardoe to a terrifying cult in thrall to a Neolithic god. They have solved bizarre crimes before, but nothing as terrifying as this - a god who demands the ultimate sacrifice from his followers.A INSATIABLE CULT Now Londoners are being abducted off the city streets, to be mutilated, roasted and eaten. Can Patel and Pardoe save the next victim from this hideous fate? Or will they themselves become a human sacrifice?ALSO IN THE PATEL & PARDOE SERIES#1 GHOST VIRUS#2 THE CHILDREN GOD FORGOT#3 THE SHADOW PEOPLE#4 WHAT HIDES IN THE CELLAR#5 HOUSE OF FLIES Praise for Graham Masterton:'A true master of horror' James Herbert 'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time' Peter James 'A natural storyteller with a unique gift' New York Journal of Books 'Masterton handles his large cast of well-drawn characters with the finesse of a master storyteller' Guardian 'This is a first-class thriller with some juicy horror touches' Booklist 'One of Britain's finest horror writers' Daily Mail

'God, he's good.' Stephen KingA SEVERED HEADA grisly series of murders across London is baffling local authorities. Eyewitnesses describe suspects who are only partially visible – one appears to have no feet, another no head, a fourth is missing his entire right side.A SUPERNATURAL CASEThese murders are neither straightforward nor easily explained, which means there are only two people fit to investigate: DS Jamila Patel and DC Jerry Pardoe, who are used to tracking spirits intent on causing mayhem.A BLOODY HISTORYWhen two children go missing – finding themselves lost in another time period altogether – the investigation leads to the discovery of a violent entity. One who has been killing for much longer than anyone first realised – and has no plans to stop...For fans of Peter James and Stephen King, Graham Masterton is a master of the horror genre whose books have sold millions of copies across the globe.ALSO IN THE PATEL & PARDOE SERIES#1 GHOST VIRUS#2 THE CHILDREN GOD FORGOT#3 THE SHADOW PEOPLE#4 WHAT HIDES IN THE CELLAR#5 HOUSE OF FLIES Praise for Graham Masterton:'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time' Peter James'Suspenseful and tension-filled... all the finesse of a master storyteller' Guardian'One of Britain's finest horror writers' Daily Mail

'God, he's good.' STEPHEN KINGIF YOU SEE THEM - RUN...A clergyman is murdered in his bed in the dead of night, triggering a chilling chain of events, each more bizarre and unnerving than the last – brutal killings, corpses vanishing, decomposed bodies digging their way out of graves.These shocking events seem unconnected but, at each scene, people report witnessing swarms of flies – hundreds, thousands, even millions of them.As DI Patel and DS Pardoe hunt for the mastermind behind these atrocious crimes, they are forced to ask: is this person human – or is all of this linked to the mysterious figure caught on CCTV, running at speed without moving its legs?And can they stop the swarm before they themselves are consumed?For fans of Joe Hill, Peter James and Stephen King, Graham Masterton is a master of the horror genre whose books have sold millions of copies across the globe.ALSO IN THE PATEL & PARDOE SERIES#1 GHOST VIRUS#2 THE CHILDREN GOD FORGOT#3 THE SHADOW PEOPLE#4 WHAT HIDES IN THE CELLAR#5 HOUSE OF FLIESPraise for Graham Masterton:'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time' Peter James'Suspenseful and tension-filled... all the finesse of a master storyteller' Guardian'One of Britain's finest horror writers' Daily Mail

'God, he's good.' STEPHEN KINGIF YOU SEE THEM - RUN...A clergyman is murdered in his bed in the dead of night, triggering a chilling chain of events, each more bizarre and unnerving than the last – brutal killings, corpses vanishing, decomposed bodies digging their way out of graves.These shocking events seem unconnected but, at each scene, people report witnessing swarms of flies – hundreds, thousands, even millions of them.As DI Patel and DS Pardoe hunt for the mastermind behind these atrocious crimes, they are forced to ask: is this person human – or is all of this linked to the mysterious figure caught on CCTV, running at speed without moving its legs?And can they stop the swarm before they themselves are consumed?For fans of Joe Hill, Peter James and Stephen King, Graham Masterton is a master of the horror genre whose books have sold millions of copies across the globe.Praise for Graham Masterton:'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time' Peter James'Suspenseful and tension-filled... all the finesse of a master storyteller' Guardian'One of Britain's finest horror writers' Daily Mail