A Perfect Night to Kill
(2026)(The second book in the DS Charlie Young series)
A novel by Lewis M Penry
Stewart Cash, thirty-six years-old, a much-loved son, brutally murdered with a machete. When Gwent Police’s DS Charlie Young arrives at the quaint cottage the victim shared with his parents, he is horrified by the scene that greets him.
The last time Charlie had been called out to something so savage was when he worked in London — crimes like this simply didn’t happen in charming Monmouth. Worried that Stewart’s death could be the result of gang crime, Charlie and his boss know they have no time to waste.
But just as their investigation is getting started, another local man goes missing. Worryingly, there are signs that he may have been attacked too.
Twenty-four hours later, just after Charlie makes an extremely disturbing discovery, another man is killed — one hundred and fifty miles away in London. The Met’s DI Joshua Little has attended some harrowing crime scenes over the years, but even he finds himself shocked at the awful state the victim is in. As he and his colleagues begin their own investigation, yet another killing occurs.
As connections are made, the two detectives’ worlds collide. Fears of the attacks being the result of gang crime are quickly forgotten about as Charlie and Little discover the ever-growing list of victims are bonded by an event that occurred on a camping trip seventeen years ago.
As deeply buried secrets are revealed, the detectives find themselves in a race against time to protect the other people who were on that trip from a serial killer desperate for revenge.
In this gripping crime novel, the past always catches up with you.
The second novel in the DS Charlie Young series is an absolute must-read for fans of Angela Marsons, Joy Ellis, and LJ Ross, and can be read as a standalone story.
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Genre: Mystery
The last time Charlie had been called out to something so savage was when he worked in London — crimes like this simply didn’t happen in charming Monmouth. Worried that Stewart’s death could be the result of gang crime, Charlie and his boss know they have no time to waste.
But just as their investigation is getting started, another local man goes missing. Worryingly, there are signs that he may have been attacked too.
Twenty-four hours later, just after Charlie makes an extremely disturbing discovery, another man is killed — one hundred and fifty miles away in London. The Met’s DI Joshua Little has attended some harrowing crime scenes over the years, but even he finds himself shocked at the awful state the victim is in. As he and his colleagues begin their own investigation, yet another killing occurs.
As connections are made, the two detectives’ worlds collide. Fears of the attacks being the result of gang crime are quickly forgotten about as Charlie and Little discover the ever-growing list of victims are bonded by an event that occurred on a camping trip seventeen years ago.
As deeply buried secrets are revealed, the detectives find themselves in a race against time to protect the other people who were on that trip from a serial killer desperate for revenge.
In this gripping crime novel, the past always catches up with you.
The second novel in the DS Charlie Young series is an absolute must-read for fans of Angela Marsons, Joy Ellis, and LJ Ross, and can be read as a standalone story.
Scroll up and press ‘buy now’ to join DS Charlie Young in A Perfect Night to Kill.
Genre: Mystery
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