Some secrets refuse to stay buried. Some debts demand a price beyond measure.
When a decomposed body is discovered at Foxley Ridge it first appears DS Cormac and DI Chalmers have a historical murder on their hands. But things immediately take a darker turn when a second body is discovered close by, murdered in the same fashion.
Karen Doyle and Alan Pritchard were both reported missing over a year ago, lived miles away from each other, and at first seem to have no obvious connection, until it comes to light that they both worked in finance.
What follows is far more than a case of double murder, leading to the unravelling of a vast criminal network. Run by a man of immense wealth and power, he silences ‘problems’ by employing a brutal enforcer for whom murder is just a service provided for cash.
As Cormac navigates this labyrinth of corruption, he is forced to accept a deal with the devil, compromising his integrity for the sake of getting a conviction.
And still, in the background, imprisoned serial killer David Burnham is spreading his sick philosophy. Cormac discovers a chilling mentorship is taking place between Burnham and nineteen-years-old prodigy Simon Garrett, slowly shaping Simon’s world view. Simon's quiet observation that ‘the most dangerous person is the one nobody recognises as a threat until it's too late to matter" hints at a future far more dangerous than anyone could imagine.
"The Conspiracy" explores the cost of compromise, the corrupting nature of power, witnesses the emergence of a patient new antagonist, and tells the story of how the seeds of future conflict were sown, setting Cormac on an irreversible path to a climax that wouldn’t happen until many years later.
Genre: Mystery
When a decomposed body is discovered at Foxley Ridge it first appears DS Cormac and DI Chalmers have a historical murder on their hands. But things immediately take a darker turn when a second body is discovered close by, murdered in the same fashion.
Karen Doyle and Alan Pritchard were both reported missing over a year ago, lived miles away from each other, and at first seem to have no obvious connection, until it comes to light that they both worked in finance.
What follows is far more than a case of double murder, leading to the unravelling of a vast criminal network. Run by a man of immense wealth and power, he silences ‘problems’ by employing a brutal enforcer for whom murder is just a service provided for cash.
As Cormac navigates this labyrinth of corruption, he is forced to accept a deal with the devil, compromising his integrity for the sake of getting a conviction.
And still, in the background, imprisoned serial killer David Burnham is spreading his sick philosophy. Cormac discovers a chilling mentorship is taking place between Burnham and nineteen-years-old prodigy Simon Garrett, slowly shaping Simon’s world view. Simon's quiet observation that ‘the most dangerous person is the one nobody recognises as a threat until it's too late to matter" hints at a future far more dangerous than anyone could imagine.
"The Conspiracy" explores the cost of compromise, the corrupting nature of power, witnesses the emergence of a patient new antagonist, and tells the story of how the seeds of future conflict were sown, setting Cormac on an irreversible path to a climax that wouldn’t happen until many years later.
Genre: Mystery