Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

DI Helen Grace 5

Summary

DISCOVER THE GRIPPING DI HELEN GRACE THRILLER BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR M.J. ARLIDGE

'Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' JEFFERY DEAVER
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There are some fates worse than death . . .


Called to a Southampton nightclub, Detective Inspector Helen Grace cuts the duct tape from the asphyxiated victim and discovers she knows him.

A man from the double life she has concealed from her superiors, Helen is determined to find his murderer - while keeping their relationship hidden at all costs.

When a new victim is found, Helen works around the clock to stop her life unravelling. She'll do anything to solve this case - but dare she reveal her own darkest secrets and lose everything?

And would even that be enough to stop this killer?
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PRAISE FOR M.J. ARLIDGE:

'Fast paced and nailbitingly tense . . . gripping' Sun

'DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine . . . MJ Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone'
Daily Mail

'Gruesomely realistic, intriguing and relentless'
Sunday Sport

'Expertly pulled off. DI Helen Grace is fiendishly awesome. It's scary as all hell'
Will Lavender

'A fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller'
Huffington Post

Reviews

  • Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years
    Jeffery Deaver

About the author

M. J. Arlidge

M. J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last twenty years, specializing in high-end drama production, including prime-time crime serials Silent Witness, Torn, The Little House and, most recently, the hit ITV show Innocent. In 2015 his audiobook exclusive Six Degrees of Assassination was a number-one bestseller.

His debut thriller, Eeny Meeny, was the UK's bestselling crime debut of 2014. It was followed by the bestselling Pop Goes the Weasel, The Doll's House, Liar Liar, Little Boy Blue, Hide and Seek and Love Me Not. Down to the Woods is the eighth DI Helen Grace thriller.

In 2019 he published a standalone thriller, A Gift for Dying.
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