Why would Teresa Henry, a seemingly ordinary woman, with an ordinary job, living an ordinary life, choose to drive her car into the icy waters of a North Sea inlet?
That’s the simple question newly-promoted DI Ryan Jarrod must answer.
Suicide? Possibly, but there's no note and the woman had recently arranged activities for the following day.
An accident? Perhaps, yet there was no escape attempt nor mechanical failure of the vehicle.
Murder? She had no enemies and there is no clear motive.
For Jarrod, paired with a colleague he neither knows nor trusts, and met with a secretive community where silence says more than words and truths hide secrets, answers are hard to find.
As Jarrod delves deeper into the dead woman's background, he discovers a life and lifestyle far removed from the ordinary; a lifestyle which may prove to be her ultimate downfall.
‘A stark, claustrophobic read: anyone for Nordic Noir on Tyne? ‘The Sluice’ is a finely-drawn police procedural crime novel exploring how false leads, half-truths, and outright lies derail a complex criminal enquiry and damage relationships between the investigating detectives as they peel away the many layers hiding the truth.'
Think of Ann Cleeves or LJ Ross with the gritty, urban twist of Ian Rankin and Peter James - that's the Ryan Jarrod series:explosive crime fiction in the mould of traditional dark thrillers.
What people are saying about the Ryan Jarrod series:
'Narrative so rich you can smell the Tyne’
'Crying out to be a TV series or motion picture!'
'Just when you think you've seen all the plot twists, another one comes along!'
'A Geordie Rebus’
'Colin Youngman has the uncanny knack of seamlessly blending fact with fiction. Another blinder of a novel'
'A real page-turner'
'A rollicking, edge-of-the-seat read.'
The Ryan Jarrod novels are standalone stories though are best enjoyed when read in sequential order.
NE1 (Book 13)
Wall's End (Book 12)
Metro (Book 11)
Sand Dancer (Book 10)
The Graveyard Shift (Book 9)
Bones of Callaley (Book 8)
The Tower (Book 7)
Low Light (Book 6)
Operation Sage (Book 5)
High Level (Book 4)
The Lighthouse Keeper (Book 3)
The Girl On The Quay (Book 2)
The Angel Falls (Book 1)
Genre: Mystery
That’s the simple question newly-promoted DI Ryan Jarrod must answer.
Suicide? Possibly, but there's no note and the woman had recently arranged activities for the following day.
An accident? Perhaps, yet there was no escape attempt nor mechanical failure of the vehicle.
Murder? She had no enemies and there is no clear motive.
For Jarrod, paired with a colleague he neither knows nor trusts, and met with a secretive community where silence says more than words and truths hide secrets, answers are hard to find.
As Jarrod delves deeper into the dead woman's background, he discovers a life and lifestyle far removed from the ordinary; a lifestyle which may prove to be her ultimate downfall.
‘A stark, claustrophobic read: anyone for Nordic Noir on Tyne? ‘The Sluice’ is a finely-drawn police procedural crime novel exploring how false leads, half-truths, and outright lies derail a complex criminal enquiry and damage relationships between the investigating detectives as they peel away the many layers hiding the truth.'
Think of Ann Cleeves or LJ Ross with the gritty, urban twist of Ian Rankin and Peter James - that's the Ryan Jarrod series:explosive crime fiction in the mould of traditional dark thrillers.
What people are saying about the Ryan Jarrod series:
'Narrative so rich you can smell the Tyne’
'Crying out to be a TV series or motion picture!'
'Just when you think you've seen all the plot twists, another one comes along!'
'A Geordie Rebus’
'Colin Youngman has the uncanny knack of seamlessly blending fact with fiction. Another blinder of a novel'
'A real page-turner'
'A rollicking, edge-of-the-seat read.'
The Ryan Jarrod novels are standalone stories though are best enjoyed when read in sequential order.
NE1 (Book 13)
Wall's End (Book 12)
Metro (Book 11)
Sand Dancer (Book 10)
The Graveyard Shift (Book 9)
Bones of Callaley (Book 8)
The Tower (Book 7)
Low Light (Book 6)
Operation Sage (Book 5)
High Level (Book 4)
The Lighthouse Keeper (Book 3)
The Girl On The Quay (Book 2)
The Angel Falls (Book 1)
Genre: Mystery
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