Murder Club

No matter how fast you run, no one can escape the past . . .

A very good writer ... Mark Pearson really brings to life the gritty underbelly of London

For the last ten years Mark Pearson has worked as a full-time television scriptwriter on a variety of shows for the BBC and ITV, including Doctors, Holby City and The Bill. He lives in Norfolk. Hard Evidence, Blood Work, and Death Row, the first three novels in the Detective Inspector Jack Delaney series, are available in Arrow.

Detective Inspector Delaney is looking forward to spending Christmas with Kate Walker and his young daughter Siobhan, but the past always had a way of ruining Jack's best-laid plans. And this holiday season is no different! 
 
A year previously, Delaney was responsible for the arrest of Michael Robinson, a viciously violent rapist. Robinson always claimed he was set up by the police but before he could be brought to trail he was brutally attacked in prison and left for dead. He didn't die, however, and a year later, out of hospital and fit for trial - he is pointing the finger squarely at Delaney for the assault that nearly killed him. And not only that - it looks like he has a case! 
 
And everything is about to get a whole lot worse for the Detective Inspector when Robinson walks free from court 
 
There are new faces at White CIty - and with them come old crimes, old bones and old scores to settle! 
 
It seems that Delaney is not the only one in West London with a past they'll take any measures to hide. And as the body count starts to climb - it looks like Jack himself might be about to join the club.

Death Row

The explosive third book in the Detective Inspector Jack Delaney series.

For the last ten years Mark Pearson has worked as a full-time television scriptwriter on a variety of shows for the BBC and ITV, including Doctors, Holby City and The Bill. He lives in Norfolk. Hard Evidence and Blood Work, the first two novels in the Detective Inspector Jack Delaney series, are available in Arrow.

Fifteen years ago when Jack Delaney was a beat cop not long out of Hendon, two children went missing from Carlton Row, a small residential street in Harrow. They were never seen alive again. 
 
Two years later Delaney rescued a young girl from the boot of an abandoned car, leading to the capture of Peter Garnier, one of the most horrific child rapists and murderers in recent history. Although the bodies were never found, Garnier admitted to murdering the two children and many, many more. He was sent to prison for the rest of his natural life. 
 
Jack had thought the case was closed. But he couldn't have been more wrong. 
 
This morning ... another young boy disappears from Carlton Row. Peter Garnier sends Jack the chilling message that they are both at the heart of the mystery, and Delaney has no time to figure out why, or how. Because tonight, the killings begin again ...

Mark Pearson

Sharply written, with terrifically engaging characters, plenty of intrigue and dry humour, The Killing Season is by turns charming and gripping. It’s my first book by Mark Pearson, and I’m a confirmed fan now.

Expect twists galore, fizzingly funny dialogue and cracking characters… fast moving crime thriller

The fact that Mark Pearson writes some amazing scripts for television is reflected in his writing, in this the first Jack Delaney thriller I have read; it will not be the last!One for the James Patterson and Lee Child readers amongst you.

DI Jack Delaney is trying to make a clean break. Tormented by his troubled past, he has taken his young family out of London, swapping the mayhem of London for the tranquil calm of the north Norfolk coast. 
 
Except it's not so tranquil. 
 
After a terrible storm hits Sheringham, a body is discovered beneath the rubble of a collapsed cliff. Natural disaster? No, this looks like murder, and Jack is the only local resident qualified to investigate. 
 
But when more disappearances follow and the local police step in, Jack finds himself plunged dangerously deep into the investigation – and in the sights of the killer on the loose.

Mark Pearson

Praise for The Killing Season

Sharply written, with terrifically engaging characters, plenty of intrigue and dry humour, The Killing Season is by turns charming and gripping. It’s my first book by Mark Pearson, and I’m a confirmed ...

Expect twists galore, fizzingly funny dialogue and cracking characters… fast moving crime thriller

The fact that Mark Pearson writes some amazing scripts for television is reflected in his writing, in this the first Jack Delaney thriller I have read; it will not be the last!One for the James Patterson and Lee Chi ...

Sharply written, with terrifically engaging characters, plenty of intrigue and dry humour, The Killing Season is by turns charming and gripping. It’s my first book by Mark Pearson, and I’m a confirmed ...

Expect twists galore, fizzingly funny dialogue and cracking characters… fast moving crime thriller

The fact that Mark Pearson writes some amazing scripts for television is reflected in his writing, in this the first Jack Delaney thriller I have read; it will not be the last!One for the James Patterson and Lee Chi ...

Sharply written, with terrifically engaging characters, plenty of intrigue and dry humour, The Killing Season is by turns charming and gripping. It’s my first book by Mark Pearson, and I’m a confirmed ...

Expect twists galore, fizzingly funny dialogue and cracking characters… fast moving crime thriller

The fact that Mark Pearson writes some amazing scripts for television is reflected in his writing, in this the first Jack Delaney thriller I have read; it will not be the last!One for the James Patterson and Lee Chi ...

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