Buried Crimes

A GRIPPING CRIME MYSTERY FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS Devastating family secrets from the past. Sisters with a murderous rivalry . . . A family move into their dream home in Dorchester: it seems perfect, particularly for their two children, but when Philip and Jill Freeman decide to move a buddleia bush, what they find buried beneath its roots will haunt them forever. Why have two children’s skeletons been loving wrapped and buried in their garden? DCI Sophie Allen is forced to probe crimes that occurred many years before, crimes that cause emotional upheavals within the local community. In a complex investigation, Sophie Allen unearths family secrets which carry on having devastating effects to this day and risk taking new lives. If you like Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, Colin Dexter, Ruth Rendell, or Mark Billingham you will be gripped by this exciting new crime fiction writer. BURIED CRIMES is the fourth in a series of best-selling detective thrillers featuring DCI Sopie Allen, head of the Violent Crime Unit in Dorset. A beautiful English country which includes a stunning section of the coastline, but whose beauty belies darkness beneath the surface. DCI Sophie Allen is Dorset’s acknowledged expert on murder and violent crime. She is 42 as the series starts, and lives with her husband and younger daughter in Wareham. Her elder daughter is studying in London. Sophie has a law degree and a master’s in criminal psychology. Her brilliant mind conceals some dark secrets from her past. DS Barry Marsh is based at Swanage police station. He's quiet, methodical and dedicated, the perfect foil for Sophie's hidden fragility. AVAILABLE NOW DARK CRIMES, the first best seller featuring Sophie Allen. A young woman’s body is discovered on a deserted footpath in a Dorset seaside town late on a cold November night. She has been stabbed through the heart. DEADLY CRIMES, the second DCI Sophie Allen mystery. A young man’s mutilated body is found on top of the Agglestone, a local landmark on Studland Heath SECRET CRIMES, the third DCI Sophie Allen mystery. The body of an attractive festival-goer is discovered on the rocky shoreline at Peveril Point.