DI Benedict Paige: Books 4-6
(2023)(A book in the Detective Inspector Benedict Paige series)
An omnibus of novels by Joshua Black
THE FORGET-ME-NOT KILLER
I know the truth. I know what you did…
Three retired men, Austin, Brian and Charles, each receive a greeting card with a bucolic painting of forget-me-not flowers on the front.
But the message inside is far from tranquil. It reminds them of the terrible deed they committed twenty years ago. All this time, they thought they’d got away with it, that no one knew. But someone, somewhere, does know.
And this someone is going to make them pay.
The three men have not spoken since that night. But now, in fear for their lives, they meet and discuss what’s to be done. Between them, they convince themselves that it’s an empty threat, the work of a sadistic joker.
Until Charles, on returning home, ends up dead; shot between the eyes, murdered on his own doorstep.
Detective Inspector Benedict Paige is assigned to investigate Charles’ death.
But Austin and Brian know that unless Paige is up to the task, they’ll be next…
THE CANAL BOAT KILLER
You can never truly bury the past.
Eighteen years ago, a baby went missing – snatched from under his parents’ eyes. He was never seen again.
Eighteen years ago, Ian Turner took part in a robbery. His partner-in-crime, a habitual crook called Alan Milner, hit a man and put the poor guy in a coma. Ian got himself a cast-iron alibi for that night but Alan was eventually caught and sent to prison.
Now, eighteen years later, Alan Milner’s out of prison �� and Ian’s scared.
Meanwhile, the missing baby, now an adult, is still missing.
A dead body is found on a canal boat, the back of his head caved in. DI Benedict Paige soon learns that the victim was a manipulative bully and a thug. No one liked him. But was he involved in the abduction of that baby? As Benedict trawls through the murky evidence, he knows the two cases are somehow entwined.
But how exactly?
A SENSELESS KILLING
Why would anyone want to kill her?
Tammy Fournier, an elderly woman with Alzheimer's, is found dead – murdered in her own bed. To Detective Inspector Benedict Paige, it seems like a totally senseless killing.
It soon becomes apparent that Tammy’s husband, intending to start a fresh life with his lover, had recently changed his wife’s will, making him the sole beneficiary.
As far as DI Paige is concerned, it’s an open-and-shut case.
Until a sudden change of events turns the case on its head.
Deep-rooted family secrets are laid bare, exposing a fractured family torn apart by long-standing resentments and animosity.
DI Paige realises there is a vengeful murderer on the loose, determined to exact revenge.
This is far from a straightforward investigation.
Genre: Mystery
I know the truth. I know what you did…
Three retired men, Austin, Brian and Charles, each receive a greeting card with a bucolic painting of forget-me-not flowers on the front.
But the message inside is far from tranquil. It reminds them of the terrible deed they committed twenty years ago. All this time, they thought they’d got away with it, that no one knew. But someone, somewhere, does know.
And this someone is going to make them pay.
The three men have not spoken since that night. But now, in fear for their lives, they meet and discuss what’s to be done. Between them, they convince themselves that it’s an empty threat, the work of a sadistic joker.
Until Charles, on returning home, ends up dead; shot between the eyes, murdered on his own doorstep.
Detective Inspector Benedict Paige is assigned to investigate Charles’ death.
But Austin and Brian know that unless Paige is up to the task, they’ll be next…
THE CANAL BOAT KILLER
You can never truly bury the past.
Eighteen years ago, a baby went missing – snatched from under his parents’ eyes. He was never seen again.
Eighteen years ago, Ian Turner took part in a robbery. His partner-in-crime, a habitual crook called Alan Milner, hit a man and put the poor guy in a coma. Ian got himself a cast-iron alibi for that night but Alan was eventually caught and sent to prison.
Now, eighteen years later, Alan Milner’s out of prison �� and Ian’s scared.
Meanwhile, the missing baby, now an adult, is still missing.
A dead body is found on a canal boat, the back of his head caved in. DI Benedict Paige soon learns that the victim was a manipulative bully and a thug. No one liked him. But was he involved in the abduction of that baby? As Benedict trawls through the murky evidence, he knows the two cases are somehow entwined.
But how exactly?
A SENSELESS KILLING
Why would anyone want to kill her?
Tammy Fournier, an elderly woman with Alzheimer's, is found dead – murdered in her own bed. To Detective Inspector Benedict Paige, it seems like a totally senseless killing.
It soon becomes apparent that Tammy’s husband, intending to start a fresh life with his lover, had recently changed his wife’s will, making him the sole beneficiary.
As far as DI Paige is concerned, it’s an open-and-shut case.
Until a sudden change of events turns the case on its head.
Deep-rooted family secrets are laid bare, exposing a fractured family torn apart by long-standing resentments and animosity.
DI Paige realises there is a vengeful murderer on the loose, determined to exact revenge.
This is far from a straightforward investigation.
Genre: Mystery
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