Kingdom of Bones

Child killer Owen Petrie is sitting down, much to Jack Logan's delight. So who's the new monster in the game of time?! It's been many years since Chief Inspector Jack Logan arrested and put behind bars Owen Petrie - a ruthless child killer nicknamed the Whisperer by the media for his chilling, raspy voice. But the apparent victory came at a price: Logan's stellar career has stalled under the onslaught of alcohol and the wreckage of a broken marriage. Petrie continues to give him no sleep! Although he resides in a closed ward of a psychiatric clinic under maximum security, Logan visits him regularly. He doesn't believe the doctors when they say the killer doesn't remember anything after a severe head injury. He is waiting for the moment when he will get all the secrets of his monstrous deeds from the Whisperer. And then comes the shock. A new case emerges - eerily reminiscent of Petrie's earlier actions. The killer imitates every detail, even those that have never been leaked to the public. Logan immediately heads to Fort William, a small town in the shadow of majestic Ben Nevis, to personally lead the investigation into the kidnapping of a young boy. But as the clues pile up, earlier horrors resurface - and Chief Inspector Logan finds himself at the edge of his powers. The past he tried to bury returns with crushing intensity. And this time, it's going to take more than courage. The first volume of the successful series of crime stories featuring Detective Jack Logan, a peculiar orderly in the service of the law. He doesn't exactly handle criminals with kid gloves, but he is determined to search for little Connor until his body is torn apart. "From the very beginning, the narration blew me away! And even though the story revolves around horrific crimes, there is humour throughout." - Amazon Review "I read Kingdom of Bones in one sitting and highly recommend it to all thriller fans." - Goodreads "Jack Logan is a really likable guy." - from reader reviews on databazeknih.cz He walked the halls almost automatically. He's been here so many times, it didn't even make sense to count. There were so many other places Logan would have loved to know as well as his shoes. Like Venice. Southern France. Or the Bahamas, for example. Oh, no. The place he knew perhaps best of all was a ward in a maximum security psychiatric clinic in South Lancashire, packed to the rafters with sexual deviants, murderers and even far worse individuals. Once upon a time he had trouble believing that such a thing as "far worse individuals" even existed, but after twenty years in the service he had long since given up such doubts. Bad days served him in small portions the worst tasting menu of horrors and terrors, which he had to digest somehow. But after being promoted to Detective Inspector, his bad days turned downright awful, and since being transferred to the Major Crimes Unit, he's seen with his own eyes horrors that would make any average rapist sick to his stomach. - excerpt from the book