The child didn't make a sound. He wasn't even afraid.
On a cold, wet morning in Middleton, seven-year-old Tommy Priestley is found dead in his bed. No forced door. No struggle. No terror on his small face, only the trust of a boy who let someone he knew lead him gently into the dark.
For DCI George Beaumont, that trust is the most chilling clue of all. Because if Tommy wasn't afraid of his killer, then neither, most likely, is anyone else in this quiet corner of Leeds.
As George and his team hunt a murderer who leaves almost nothing behind, a thirty-year-old case stirs back to life: another child, another bed, another life stolen and never answered for. The two are bound together, and the closer George
looks, the closer to home it leads.
Because whoever is moving through Middleton in the dead hours doesn't believe they're a monster. They think they're being kind. They think they're saving something precious before the world can spoil it.
And with a terrible anniversary only days away, they've already chosen who's next.
Some things, once taken, are kept forever.
Set within the suburbs of Leeds, West Yorkshire, this fast-paced British detective novel is a crime thriller that will keep you guessing until the end.
Forever Seven is the twenty-sixth book in the Detective George Beaumont thriller series.
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Detective Sergeant George Beaumont
Book 1: THE POSTMASTER’S WIFE
Detective Inspector Isabella Wood
Book 1: MURDER AT BRANDLING HOUSE
West Yorkshire Crime Thrillers
Book 1: THE MISS MURDERER
Book 2: THE BONE SAW RIPPER
Book 3: THE BLONDE DELILAH
Book 4: THE CROSS FLATTS SNATCHER
Book 5: THE MIDDLETON WOODS STALKER
Book 6: THE NAUGHTY LIST - a completely new version of The Naughty List, entirely re-written with a new plot!
Book 7: THE FOOTBALLER AND THE WIFE
Book 8: THE NEW FOREST VILLAGE BOOK CLUB
Novella 1: MISSING: MICHELLE CROMACK
Book 9: THE KILLER IN THE FAMILY
Book 10: THE STOURTON STONE CIRCLE
Novella 2: A HALLOWEEN TO REMEMBER: THE LEEDS VAMPIRE
Novella 3: ECHOES OF THE RIPPER: THE LONG SHADOW
Book 11: THE WEST YORKSHIRE RIPPER
Book 12: THE SHADOWS OF YULETIDE
Book 13: THE SHADOWS OF THE PAST
Book 14: THE ECHOES OF SILENCE
Book 15: BENEATH THE SURFACE
Book 16: THE STALKER’S TWISTED GAME
Book 17: THE VIGILANTE’S VERDICT
Book 18: A HARVEST OF SORROW
Book 19: THE ANGEL OF DEATH
Book 20: THE TWELVE DEATHS OF CHRISTMAS
Book 21: THE KIRKSTALL ABBEY MURDERS
Book 22: THE TINGLEY RESERVOIR MURDERS
Book 23: THE KNIFE IN THE DARK
Book 24: THE SNOW GLOBE MURDERS
Book 25: THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
Book 26: FOREVER SEVEN
Book 27: Coming September/October 2026
Genre: Mystery
On a cold, wet morning in Middleton, seven-year-old Tommy Priestley is found dead in his bed. No forced door. No struggle. No terror on his small face, only the trust of a boy who let someone he knew lead him gently into the dark.
For DCI George Beaumont, that trust is the most chilling clue of all. Because if Tommy wasn't afraid of his killer, then neither, most likely, is anyone else in this quiet corner of Leeds.
As George and his team hunt a murderer who leaves almost nothing behind, a thirty-year-old case stirs back to life: another child, another bed, another life stolen and never answered for. The two are bound together, and the closer George
looks, the closer to home it leads.
Because whoever is moving through Middleton in the dead hours doesn't believe they're a monster. They think they're being kind. They think they're saving something precious before the world can spoil it.
And with a terrible anniversary only days away, they've already chosen who's next.
Some things, once taken, are kept forever.
Set within the suburbs of Leeds, West Yorkshire, this fast-paced British detective novel is a crime thriller that will keep you guessing until the end.
Forever Seven is the twenty-sixth book in the Detective George Beaumont thriller series.
Subscribe to my newsletter for free access to novella 0: The Beast of Belle Isle: A George Beaumont Prequel
https://leebrookauthor.aweb.page/p/cfff8220-7312-4e37-b61a-b1c6c2d15fc2
Detective Sergeant George Beaumont
Book 1: THE POSTMASTER’S WIFE
Detective Inspector Isabella Wood
Book 1: MURDER AT BRANDLING HOUSE
West Yorkshire Crime Thrillers
Book 1: THE MISS MURDERER
Book 2: THE BONE SAW RIPPER
Book 3: THE BLONDE DELILAH
Book 4: THE CROSS FLATTS SNATCHER
Book 5: THE MIDDLETON WOODS STALKER
Book 6: THE NAUGHTY LIST - a completely new version of The Naughty List, entirely re-written with a new plot!
Book 7: THE FOOTBALLER AND THE WIFE
Book 8: THE NEW FOREST VILLAGE BOOK CLUB
Novella 1: MISSING: MICHELLE CROMACK
Book 9: THE KILLER IN THE FAMILY
Book 10: THE STOURTON STONE CIRCLE
Novella 2: A HALLOWEEN TO REMEMBER: THE LEEDS VAMPIRE
Novella 3: ECHOES OF THE RIPPER: THE LONG SHADOW
Book 11: THE WEST YORKSHIRE RIPPER
Book 12: THE SHADOWS OF YULETIDE
Book 13: THE SHADOWS OF THE PAST
Book 14: THE ECHOES OF SILENCE
Book 15: BENEATH THE SURFACE
Book 16: THE STALKER’S TWISTED GAME
Book 17: THE VIGILANTE’S VERDICT
Book 18: A HARVEST OF SORROW
Book 19: THE ANGEL OF DEATH
Book 20: THE TWELVE DEATHS OF CHRISTMAS
Book 21: THE KIRKSTALL ABBEY MURDERS
Book 22: THE TINGLEY RESERVOIR MURDERS
Book 23: THE KNIFE IN THE DARK
Book 24: THE SNOW GLOBE MURDERS
Book 25: THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
Book 26: FOREVER SEVEN
Book 27: Coming September/October 2026
Genre: Mystery
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