Buried in Silence
(2026)(The first book in the Ember Lockhart Crime Thrillers series)
A novel by Deborah Stone
A fast-paced London conspiracy thriller featuring a disgraced former Scotland Yard detective, fighting a powerful technology company attempting to seize political power.
The police say Calvin Cross died naturally.
Former Scotland Yard detective Ember Lockhart lost her career following a scandal. Now working as a private investigator, she is hired by Amelia Cross to investigate her husband’s sudden death on a flight into Heathrow.
Calvin had been frightened before he died, and the corrupted USB stick he left behind suggests he had good reason. As Ember begins asking questions, she is followed, warned and threatened to abandon the case. With reluctant help from her former colleague and ex-lover, Leo Campbell, she traces Calvin’s death to a secretive technology company involved in political blackmail and corporate espionage involving an elaborate plan to destabilise the British government.
Then Amelia is murdered, and the evidence is carefully arranged to frame Ember.
Charged with killing her own client, Ember must prove her innocence while pursuing an organisation prepared to eliminate anyone who gets in the way of their ultimate political goal.
Buried in Silence is the first Ember Lockhart thriller, introducing a sharp, self-destructive private investigator in a fast-paced story of political corruption, corporate espionage and technology-enabled blackmail. Perfect for fans of Mick Herron, Jo Callaghan, Cara Hunter and The Capture.
Genre: Thriller
The police say Calvin Cross died naturally.
Former Scotland Yard detective Ember Lockhart lost her career following a scandal. Now working as a private investigator, she is hired by Amelia Cross to investigate her husband’s sudden death on a flight into Heathrow.
Calvin had been frightened before he died, and the corrupted USB stick he left behind suggests he had good reason. As Ember begins asking questions, she is followed, warned and threatened to abandon the case. With reluctant help from her former colleague and ex-lover, Leo Campbell, she traces Calvin’s death to a secretive technology company involved in political blackmail and corporate espionage involving an elaborate plan to destabilise the British government.
Then Amelia is murdered, and the evidence is carefully arranged to frame Ember.
Charged with killing her own client, Ember must prove her innocence while pursuing an organisation prepared to eliminate anyone who gets in the way of their ultimate political goal.
Buried in Silence is the first Ember Lockhart thriller, introducing a sharp, self-destructive private investigator in a fast-paced story of political corruption, corporate espionage and technology-enabled blackmail. Perfect for fans of Mick Herron, Jo Callaghan, Cara Hunter and The Capture.
Genre: Thriller
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