Showing results by author "G.S. Locke" in Crime Fiction

While drug running for a local crime lord, Danny decides to call in a large debt from a young female drug addict, Micki Ashton. During a chaotic night on a riverbank, in which punches are thrown, Shaw steps in to protect the defenceless woman, but things turn deadly when Danny produces a knife and Micki is stabbed. Appalled by his friend's actions, Shaw deliberately pushes Danny into the river. Danny survives and, arrested and charged for murder, spends the next quarter of a century in prison.

Detective Matt Jackson has reached the end. His beloved wife, Polly, is the latest victim of 'NEON' - a serial killer who displays his victims in snaking neon lights - and he can't go on without her. Unable to take his life, Jackson hires a hitwoman to finish the job. But on the night of his own murder, he makes a breakthrough in the case, and at the last minute his hitwoman, Iris, is offered an irresistible alternative: help Jackson find and kill NEON in return for the detective's entire estate.

Ein Cop und eine Auftragskillerin jagen einen Serienmörder. Ein Serienkiller tötet Frauen in Birmingham und arrangiert ihre Leichen in Neon-Art-Installationen. Detective Matt Jackson ist mit der Ermittlung betraut. Allerdings nur, bis seine Frau Polly selbst Opfer des Serienkillers wird. Jackson ist geschockt, seine Welt bricht zusammen. Er wird von dem Fall NEON abgezogen. Doch er lässt sich nicht kaltstellen. Er ermittelt weiter - zusammen mit Iris, einer Auftragsmörderin, denn er weiß: Mit normalen Methoden kommt er nicht weiter.