High Level

When the body of a serial entrepreneur is discovered at the foot of a lift shaft in Newcastle’s infamous Byker Wall estate, a troubled and DC Ryan Jarrod, in line for a promotion he doesn’t want in a job he no longer loves, is called in to investigate. What should be Jarrod’s easiest case becomes his most difficult as two worlds collide: a world of the rich and self-righteous, where greed feeds corruption; and a world of the poor and destitute, where poverty nurtures desperation. Ryan’s obsession with the case leads him to fall foul of his friends and colleagues, leaving him alone to unravel the threads of both worlds – and the discovery that, when dark secrets lurk in the shadows of the human soul, no-one is quite as they seem. Think of Ann Cleeves or LJ Ross with a gritty, urban twist - that's the DC Ryan Jarrod series: explosive crime fiction in the mould of traditional dark thrillers. What people are saying about the Ryan Jarrod series: 'Peppered with crystal clear narration so rich you can smell the Tyne’ ‘The pace of James Patterson' 'Sparkling dialogue. A Geordie Rebus’ 'A real page-turner' ''This has the makings to be my favourite detective series, by far' 'Excellent twists and turns. More Ryan Jarrod, please.'


Genre: Mystery