Ronnie Blake – serie

I saw the house on fire and I know I was there.Don't make me doubt myself. Just help me please.When the devastation of an arson attack reveals a fresh corpse alongside remains from nearly twenty years ago, DS Ronnie Blake and Cambridge's special investigations unit, known as the DEAD team, are certain the victims are linked by more than just location.But when Mariel Quinn pushes a scrawled note into Ronnie's hand, Ronnie learns that the link goes further and deeper than she could ever have imagined. Eighteen years ago, when Mariel was a small child, she was found trapped in the back of an abandoned car, screaming for a mother who never returned. Mariel recalls nothing except a single, haunting phrase, but the sight of the newly burnt-out house is unleashing some painful, fragmented memories . . . Two bodies, two decades apart. Can DS Ronnie Blake and the DEAD team unravel the mystery that connects them before whoever's responsible takes even deadlier steps to keep the truth concealed?---------------Praise for Alison Bruce:'I was hooked from the very beginning and read it quickly over a couple of days . . . Alison Bruce is a bit of a genius' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Brilliant, lots of intriguing twists, great in-depth characters' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Captivating from start to finish. Couldn't put it down and finished within 24 hours' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Couldn't put this down. Perfect' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Clever, taut & twisty plot page turner...a gripping tale of murder and mystery and a cracking start to a new series' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Alison Bruce always delivers . . . tense, twisty, terrific' - Ian Rankin'A powerful and absorbing story that stayed with me long after I'd finished reading. A writer at the top of her game' - Elly Griffiths'Unpredictable, challenging and compelling' - Sophie Hannah'Superb! Ronnie Blake will become a household name alongside crime fiction's top protagonists' - Graham Bartlett'One of our most interesting crime writers' - Daily Mail

I saw the house on fire and I know I was there.Don't make me doubt myself. Just help me please.When the devastation of an arson attack reveals a fresh corpse alongside remains from nearly twenty years ago, DS Ronnie Blake and Cambridge's special investigations unit, known as the DEAD team, are certain the victims are linked by more than just location.But when Mariel Quinn pushes a scrawled note into Ronnie's hand, Ronnie learns that the link goes further and deeper than she could ever have imagined. Eighteen years ago, when Mariel was a small child, she was found trapped in the back of an abandoned car, screaming for a mother who never returned. Mariel recalls nothing except a single, haunting phrase, but the sight of the newly burnt-out house is unleashing some painful, fragmented memories . . .Two bodies, two decades apart. Can DS Ronnie Blake and the DEAD team unravel the mystery that connects them before whoever's responsible takes even deadlier steps to keep the truth concealed?---------------Praise for Alison Bruce:'I was hooked from the very beginning and read it quickly over a couple of days . . . Alison Bruce is a bit of a genius' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Brilliant, lots of intriguing twists, great in-depth characters' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Captivating from start to finish. Couldn't put it down and finished within 24 hours' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Couldn't put this down. Perfect' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Clever, taut & twisty plot page turner...a gripping tale of murder and mystery and a cracking start to a new series' - Amazon reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Alison Bruce always delivers . . . tense, twisty, terrific' - Ian Rankin'A powerful and absorbing story that stayed with me long after I'd finished reading. A writer at the top of her game' - Elly Griffiths'Unpredictable, challenging and compelling' - Sophie Hannah'Superb! Ronnie Blake will become a household name alongside crime fiction's top protagonists' - Graham Bartlett'One of our most interesting crime writers' - Daily Mail

'A powerful and absorbing story that stayed with me long after I'd finished reading. A writer at the top of her game' Elly Griffiths'One of our most interesting crime writers' Daily Mail'Admirers of Bruce's superb DC Goodhew series will seize on this - the first book in her new Cambridge-set series. Utterly engrossing, and with plot twists that keep you guessing till the end, this is a brilliant start to what promises to be a terrific new series.' Christina Koning'Superb! Ronnie Blake will become a household name alongside crime fiction's top protagonists. Because You Looked Away is gripping, clever and utterly authentic' Graham Bartlett'Because She Looked Away is fast paced, twisty, clever, and satisfying, an engaging start to a new series from an established author' Emily WinslowAfter the sudden death of her sister, devastated detective DS Ronnie Blake relocates to Cambridge to help her brother Alex raise their sister's young son, Noah. She reports for her first day but instead finds herself being questioned by a special investigations unit, nicknamed the DEAD Team.With a small group of six, led by DI Fenton, the once-successful DEAD team has a single outstanding case, Operation Byron, and the failure to resolve it threatens the unit's existence. Their most promising lead is an anonymous note linking three seemingly unconnected people: a convicted fraudster, a dead academic... and Ronnie's sister Jodie.When Ronnie is denied information about Operation Byron, she follows a lead slipped to her by Malachi, the youngest member of the team, and makes a discovery which links Operation Byron to a disturbing unsolved murder. She is rapidly drawn into an intricate web of deceit, buried secrets and tragedy and the discovery that her connection to Cambridge is far darker than she could ever have guessed. Praise for Alison Bruce'Alison Bruce always delivers. Her latest is tense, twisty, terrific' Ian Rankin' [Alison Bruce] has written a superior thriller, full of suppressed menace' The Times Crime Club'Unpredictable, challenging and compelling' Sophie Hannah'Alison Bruce has long been one of the most adroit crime fiction practitioners in the UK. The Moment Before Impact is . . . her most accomplished outing yet' Barry Forshaw, Financial Time'As always, Bruce produces a rewarding read' The Times'I Did It For Us held me from the off. It's compelling, slickly plotted and brilliantly written' Amanda Jennings