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Always the hero, but not this time.
The message arrived with photographs. A taunt from someone who's been patiently waiting for DI Ryan Hale to return to Chesterfield.
Now one of his colleagues is gone. Taken from a Derbyshire street in broad daylight. Her car unlocked. Her belongings untouched. The method identical to the disappearance of Ryan's wife Jaime, twelve years ago.
This time, Ryan has what he never had before: an alibi and a team who believe in him. But whoever has been taunting him is done watching from the shadows. They want him close and desperate. And they want him to know that no one around him is safe.
With his closest ally weighing up walking away and the investigation driving him deeper into a web of unsolved cases, Ryan knows this is the case that will either give him the truth about Jaime or take everything he has left.
Two women missing. One detective who refuses to stop.
Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Angela Marsons and Rachel McLean, DEEP CUT is the shattering conclusion to the mystery at the heart of the DI Ryan Hale series. If you've been waiting for the truth about Jaime, this is the book.
More About Deep Cut (DI Ryan Hale Book 4)
Is Deep Cut the final book in the series?
No, but Deep Cut is the conclusion to the four-book mystery arc surrounding the disappearance of Ryan's wife, Jaime, which has been building since the first page of Bury the Truth. If you've been waiting to find out what happened to Jaime, this is the book that delivers the answer. Ryan, Fiona, Cal, Sheri, Digit and Winston have more cases ahead of them.
Do I need to have read the other books first?
Deep Cut follows directly on from the cliffhanger ending of Empty Nest, and the Jaime investigation draws on threads from all three previous books. While it works as a standalone British crime thriller with its own case, this is the book where the overarching series mystery comes to a head. For the full emotional impact, the recommended reading order is: Bury the Truth, Last Take, Empty Nest, Deep Cut.
What is the Jaime storyline?
Twelve years before the series begins, Ryan Hale's wife Jaime disappeared without a trace. Ryan was the prime suspect but was never charged. Across the first three books, someone has been taunting him. Sending photographs, planting evidence, and escalating with each investigation. In Deep Cut, that long-running cold case mystery collides with a new disappearance, and Ryan finally gets his chance to uncover the truth about what happened to Jaime and the person who’s been biding their time for over a decade.
How does Deep Cut connect to Empty Nest? Empty Nest ends on a cliffhanger. A woman close to Ryan vanishes in circumstances that mirror Jaime's disappearance — no struggle, no witnesses, her belongings left behind. Deep Cut picks up in the immediate aftermath, with Ryan fighting for the right to lead an investigation that is deeply personal and increasingly dangerous. The person who has been taunting him across the series is done hiding.
What can I expect from the tone?
Deep Cut is the darkest and most personal book in the series, but it still has the elements readers have come to love. The team banter between Ryan, Fiona, Cal, Sheri and Digit, the atmospheric Derbyshire and Peak District setting, Winston the corgi, and the sharp dry humour that balances the tension. Expect a gripping, twist-filled police procedural thriller that delivers on twelve years of unanswered questions.
Genre: Mystery
The message arrived with photographs. A taunt from someone who's been patiently waiting for DI Ryan Hale to return to Chesterfield.
Now one of his colleagues is gone. Taken from a Derbyshire street in broad daylight. Her car unlocked. Her belongings untouched. The method identical to the disappearance of Ryan's wife Jaime, twelve years ago.
This time, Ryan has what he never had before: an alibi and a team who believe in him. But whoever has been taunting him is done watching from the shadows. They want him close and desperate. And they want him to know that no one around him is safe.
With his closest ally weighing up walking away and the investigation driving him deeper into a web of unsolved cases, Ryan knows this is the case that will either give him the truth about Jaime or take everything he has left.
Two women missing. One detective who refuses to stop.
Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Angela Marsons and Rachel McLean, DEEP CUT is the shattering conclusion to the mystery at the heart of the DI Ryan Hale series. If you've been waiting for the truth about Jaime, this is the book.
More About Deep Cut (DI Ryan Hale Book 4)
Is Deep Cut the final book in the series?
No, but Deep Cut is the conclusion to the four-book mystery arc surrounding the disappearance of Ryan's wife, Jaime, which has been building since the first page of Bury the Truth. If you've been waiting to find out what happened to Jaime, this is the book that delivers the answer. Ryan, Fiona, Cal, Sheri, Digit and Winston have more cases ahead of them.
Do I need to have read the other books first?
Deep Cut follows directly on from the cliffhanger ending of Empty Nest, and the Jaime investigation draws on threads from all three previous books. While it works as a standalone British crime thriller with its own case, this is the book where the overarching series mystery comes to a head. For the full emotional impact, the recommended reading order is: Bury the Truth, Last Take, Empty Nest, Deep Cut.
What is the Jaime storyline?
Twelve years before the series begins, Ryan Hale's wife Jaime disappeared without a trace. Ryan was the prime suspect but was never charged. Across the first three books, someone has been taunting him. Sending photographs, planting evidence, and escalating with each investigation. In Deep Cut, that long-running cold case mystery collides with a new disappearance, and Ryan finally gets his chance to uncover the truth about what happened to Jaime and the person who’s been biding their time for over a decade.
How does Deep Cut connect to Empty Nest? Empty Nest ends on a cliffhanger. A woman close to Ryan vanishes in circumstances that mirror Jaime's disappearance — no struggle, no witnesses, her belongings left behind. Deep Cut picks up in the immediate aftermath, with Ryan fighting for the right to lead an investigation that is deeply personal and increasingly dangerous. The person who has been taunting him across the series is done hiding.
What can I expect from the tone?
Deep Cut is the darkest and most personal book in the series, but it still has the elements readers have come to love. The team banter between Ryan, Fiona, Cal, Sheri and Digit, the atmospheric Derbyshire and Peak District setting, Winston the corgi, and the sharp dry humour that balances the tension. Expect a gripping, twist-filled police procedural thriller that delivers on twelve years of unanswered questions.
Genre: Mystery
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