Midnight Murders
Will be published approx. on 21. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-905170-27-2 (ISBN)
Description
Second book in the Detective Trevor Joseph series.
Compton Castle is a Victorian psychiatric hospital long overdue for demolition. Its warrens of rooms and acres of grounds, originally designed as a sanctuary for the mentally ill, now provide the ideal stalking ground for a serial killer.
Physically and mentally battered after his last case (Without Trace), Sergeant Trevor Joseph is a temporary inmate - but the hospital loses all therapeutic benefit when a corpse is dug out of a flowerbed. Then more bodies are found; young, female and both linked to the hospital. Everyone within the mouldering walls is in danger while a highly unpredictable malevolence remains at large. And, as patients and staff are interrogated by the police, the apparently motiveless killer watches and waits for the opportunity to strike again . . .
Compton Castle is a Victorian psychiatric hospital long overdue for demolition. Its warrens of rooms and acres of grounds, originally designed as a sanctuary for the mentally ill, now provide the ideal stalking ground for a serial killer.
Physically and mentally battered after his last case (Without Trace), Sergeant Trevor Joseph is a temporary inmate - but the hospital loses all therapeutic benefit when a corpse is dug out of a flowerbed. Then more bodies are found; young, female and both linked to the hospital. Everyone within the mouldering walls is in danger while a highly unpredictable malevolence remains at large. And, as patients and staff are interrogated by the police, the apparently motiveless killer watches and waits for the opportunity to strike again . . .
Reviews / Votes
"Imaginatively conceived, smoothly written and increasingly gripping - Booklist Excellent chilling drama - Manchester Evening News This taut thriller must put the author in line to join the ranks of the great women crime writers of the Christie, James, Marsh ilk - Dorset Evening Echo A real spine chiller - The Citizen (Gloucester) John reveals a provocative sociological savvy - Kirkus reviews"More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
191 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905170-27-2 (9781905170272)
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Person
Katherine John is privileged to have published 9 crime books including a Quick Read, The Corpse's Tale by Accent Press in English and translation.
In total she has published 40 novels (21 historical as Catrin Collier, 3 raunchy as Caro French, 3 novelisations of TV series as Katherine Hardy, 2 as K A John and 1 as K C Watkins). She also had three stage plays professionally produced before she began writing novels. Her first Catrin Collier Novel, Hearts of Gold was filmed and shown by BBC worldwide.
She frequently gives talks, lectures and participates in Radio/TV Arts/Documentary Programmes (BBC, ITV, local and commercial radio stations, S4C and more)
In total she has published 40 novels (21 historical as Catrin Collier, 3 raunchy as Caro French, 3 novelisations of TV series as Katherine Hardy, 2 as K A John and 1 as K C Watkins). She also had three stage plays professionally produced before she began writing novels. Her first Catrin Collier Novel, Hearts of Gold was filmed and shown by BBC worldwide.
She frequently gives talks, lectures and participates in Radio/TV Arts/Documentary Programmes (BBC, ITV, local and commercial radio stations, S4C and more)