Kerry Wilkinson

The first in the Jessica Daniel series, Locked In is the number one bestselling crime thriller from Kerry Wilkinson.When a body is found in a locked house, Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel is left to not only find the killer but discover how they got in and out. With little in the way of leads and a journalist that seems to know more about the case than she does, Jessica is already feeling the pressure and thats before a second body shows up in identical circumstances to the first. How can a murderer get to victims in seemingly impossible situations and what, if anything, links the bodies?Continue the thrilling series with Vigilante.

From Kindle number one bestselling author, Kerry Wilkinson, Crossing the Line is a darkly gripping novel where Jessica Daniel faces her toughest investigation yet.Long before Jessica Daniel became a police detective, Manchester was a ghost city after dark. Fear ruled as people were afraid to be out by themselves, the notorious Stretford Slasher terrorizing its inhabitants.Now, twenty-five years on and the media are feeling nostalgic. But Jessica has a new case to worry about. Apparent strangers are being targeted in broad daylight, the attacker unworried about being caught. If only Jessica and her team could track him down . . . Its the coldest spring in memory and Jessica has old friends to look out for, plus secrets so many secrets that should have long been buried.Continue this thrilling crime series with Scarred for Life.

Following his bestselling sensation, Locked In, Vigilante is Kerry Wilkinsons unputdownable second book in the Jessica Daniel series.Dead bodies are piling up for Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel. Usually when a serial killer is on the loose, the pressure would be building to find the perpetrator but the victims are all hardened criminals themselves. The national media cant believe their luck with an apparent vigilante on the streets, while Jessicas new boss seems grateful someone else is doing their job for them. But things arent so straightforward when forensics matches blood from the apparent killer to a man already behind bars.

When Cameron and Eleanor Sexton arrive home to find their teenage babysitter missing, their immediate concern is for their young daughter. Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel is dispatched to find out whats going on, but with all apparently well, she thinks shes been sent on a fools errand. Soon, the teenagers body is discovered in an apparently random house on the other side of Manchester. The puzzle deepens when a journalist points out that someone placed an obituary for him just days before his disappearance. A string of clues point to a club whose owner has an unhealthy interest in Jessica, but then something happens which makes her question the very core of her beliefs.In Thicker Than Water, Jessica is left to turn to the one person she knows she can rely on . . . but is that trust misplaced? Praise for Kerry WilkinsonWilkinsons story spreads like a pool of blood . . . his talent becomes ever more obviousDaily Mail

In Nothing But Trouble, a gripping crime thriller by bestselling crime author Kerry Wilkinson, DI Jessica Daniel has to protect the streets of Manchester from escaped prisoners and those trying to hunt them down.Niall OBrien is a veteran living on the edge of a run-down estate, refusing to sell his house to developers. Hes the only remaining resident, alone and frightened by a series of break-ins. Hes been threatening to shoot the next intruder but he cant be serious . . . what if the next person through the door is a police officer trying to help?Elsewhere, on a bright Manchester morning a vehicle screeches across a junction and wipes out a prison van. Two prisoners run for it, leaving the police to track them down.They dont have long to wait. Hours later, one of the escapees is hanged from a motorway bridge. Was he broken out solely to be killed, or is there something deeper going on?Meanwhile, someones conning pensioners out of their savings and there are rumours that the bare-knuckle British middleweight title fight is coming to the city. DI Jessica Daniel fears finding herself in the middle of an all-out war, not knowing that the biggest threat might come from a frightened pensioner.

The Woman in Black is the third gripping Jessica Daniel novel from bestselling sensation, Kerry Wilkinson.Someone has left a severed hand in the centre of Manchester and the only clue Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel has to go on is CCTV footage of a woman in a long black robe placing it carefully on the ground. With a lengthy missing persons list and frantic families wondering if the body part could belong to their absent loved ones, she has plenty to deal with and thats before a detached finger arrives for her in the post. By the time a second hand is found and a local MPs wife goes missing, Jessica is left struggling to find out who the appendages belong to, how they are connected and just what the mysterious woman in black has to do with it all.

In good times . . . and bad. In Kerry Wilkinsons For Richer, For Poorer three houses have been burgled in five weeks. The robbers barge in through the back, disable any way to contact the outside world, and then ransack everything before distributing the stolen cash to local charities. It might be robbing from the rich to give to the poor but Detective Inspector Jessica Daniel is not happy. The new DCI has a whiteboard with far too many crimes on the unsolved side and he wants the burglars found. Doesnt he know Jessica has enough on her plate?Theres a lottery winner whos gone bankrupt; the homeless teenager shes taken in; a botched drugs raid; a trip to London with DC Archie Davey and a man-mountain Serbian with a missing wife whos been pimping out young women. All the while, someones watching from the wings and waiting for Jessica to mess up. Officers are being pensioned off and booted out with a certain DI Daniel firmly in their sights.Continue the thrilling investigations in the eleventh in the series Nothing but Trouble.

Down Among the Dead Men is a Manchester crime novel from bestselling crime writer, Kerry Wilkinson.Im going to do you a favour: Im going to tell you my name and then Im going to give you thirty seconds to turn and run. If any of you are still here after those thirty seconds, then were going to have a problem.Jason Greens life is changed for good after he is saved from a mugging by crime boss, Harry Irwell. He is then drawn into Manchesters notorious underworld, where smash and grab is as normal as making a cup of tea.But Jason isnt a casual thug. He has a life plan that doesnt involve blowing his money on the usual trappings. That is until a woman walks into his life offering the one thing that money cant buy - salvation.

Something Wicked is the first in a breathtaking Andrew Hunter series from Kerry Wilkinson, creator of the bestselling Jessica Daniel books.Nicholas Carr disappeared on his eighteenth birthday and the world has moved on. His girlfriend has left for university, his friends now have jobs and the police are busy dealing with the usual gallery of suspects.But his father, Richard, cant forget the three fingers the police dug up from a sodden Manchester wood. What happened to Nicholas on the night he disappeared and why did he never return home?A private investigator is Richards last hope but Andrew Hunter has his own problems. Theres something about his assistant that isnt quite right. Jennys brilliant but reckless and he cant figure out whats in it for her. By the time he discovers whos a danger and whos not, it might all be too late . . .

A festive homecoming takes a dangerous turn in No Place Like Home by bestselling author of the Jessica Daniel series, Kerry Wilkinson. Featuring an exclusive first look at the upcoming Jessica Daniel novel, Nothing But Trouble.Craig Macklin was a teenager when his headteacher told him he was heading to either prison or the grave. Instead, Craig left the north of England, saying goodbye to his friends and family to start a new life.Thirteen years on, redundant and separated from his wife, he returns for the first time.Its Christmas: markets in full swing, lights twinkling, shoppers shopping, revellers revelling.Manchester has seen a revolution. The buildings soar higher, the shopping centres sprawl wider. New industries have replaced old and yet, away from the glitter, the tinsel, the hot spiced cider and the enormous inflatable Santa, some things will never change.Amid the season, there are secrets from which he cannot escape and, when debt-collectors attack his parents house, Craig realizes the teenage hell-raiser he left behind might not be so buried after all.

Those who play with fire are going to get burned . . . Seven years ago Martin Chadwick set fire to a Manchester pub, not knowing a teenager was sleeping inside. Chadwicks release from prison is imminent, with journalists gearing up for a good old-fashioned media lynching. With the victims father telling the papers he is out for revenge, DS Jessica Daniel is left to keep an eye on Chadwick and his fiery eighteen-year-old son. If thats not enough to keep her occupied, a private investigator is doing a fine job sticking his oar in, it looks like theres a schoolgirl suicide ring in operation, her car is working a little too well, and the endless rain continues to pound her northern home. Jessicas personal and professional life is in the balance - giving her barely enough time to focus on the person in her midst seemingly intent on burning everything to the ground.Playing With Fire is an exciting and compelling mystery from the bestselling phenomenon, Kerry Wilkinson.

Kerry Wilkinsons sensational Jessica Daniel series returns with Behind Closed Doors, as Jessica faces her darkest mystery yet.Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel has barely left her house in months, isolated away from friends and colleagues. She may have given up on herself but one man is sure she still has something to offer. DCI Jack Cole gives her a chance at redemption: An opportunity to help a neighbouring force by discovering what is going on with a reclusive community living in a stately home in the middle of nowhere. People are going missing, turning up dead with only a vague link back to the house. But can Jessica beat her own demons in time to find out exactly whats going on behind closed doors?

From the creator of the Jessica Daniel series comes an all-new short story, set in Manchester.Old acquaintances are about to be forgotten as Kitkat and his gormless mate Chris ring in the new year by popping to the 24-7 drive-thru for a bit of fried chicken.They get more than they pay for.As well as a grease-soaked bucket of cheap food, the server hands them a bag full of cash. But is it a mistake, where does the money come from, and can Kitkat get through New Years Day without its owner asking for the money back?This is a 7,000-word short story.

Scarred for Life is the ninth mystery featuring Kerry Wilkinsons popular detective, Jessica Daniel.DI Jessica Daniel is not having a good week. Her wallets been nicked, the refurbished incident room is already falling apart, and a new football-mad constable is driving her crazy.She also has bigger things on her mind. A students body has been dumped in a wheelie bin at the back of a university building, with a vague link to an Olympic medallist and a theory that it could have been an induction which went wrong.Theres the tattooed shop raider who has her team stumped; someone attacking lone women; a chief inspector who seems to have a problem with her; and someone putting letters through her front door insisting that shes caught the wrong man.Worlds are colliding for Jessica and, if shes not careful, someone close to her might not make it out in one piece.

Think of the Children is a tense and gripping thriller from Kerry Wilkinson, whose smash-hit Jessica Daniel series has enthralled thousands of readers.Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel is first on the scene as a stolen car crashes on a misty, wet Manchester morning. The driver is dead, but the biggest shock awaits her when she discovers the body of a child wrapped in plastic in the boot of the car. As Jessica struggles to discover the identity of the driver, a thin trail leads her first to a set of clothes buried in the woods and then to a list of childrens names abandoned in an allotment shed. With the winter chill setting in and parents looking for answers, Jessica must find out who has been watching local children, and how this connects to a case that has been unsolved for fourteen years.

Something Hidden is the thrilling second novel in the Andrew Hunter series, from bestselling author Kerry Wilkinson.Everyone hates Fiona Methodist.Her war veteran father shot a young couple in broad daylight before killing himself. The engaged pair had witnessed a robbery and were due to give evidence but, with all three now dead, no one knows the true motive.For Fiona, its destroyed her life. Its not just those who whisper behind her back or the friends who pretend she doesnt exist; its the landlords who spot her name and say no, the job agencies who cant find her work.But Fiona knows her dad didnt do it. He couldnt have hes her father and he wouldnt do that . . . would he?Private investigator Andrew Hunter takes pity on the girl and, even with stolen bengal cats to find, plus an ex-wife whos not quite so ex, he cant escape the creeping feeling that Fiona might be right after all.

In bestselling crime author Kerry Wilkinsons Eye for an Eye, DI Jessica Daniel is tasked with multiple investigations while facing demons from her past.Seventeen years ago, Damian Walker abducted five women because the voices in his head told him to. Now he has been declared sane and is about to be released back onto Manchesters streets with a new identity.But within hours, there is another attack similar to his previous ones. Walker has proof its not him but is he reliable, and, if so, who is trying to frame him?DI Jessica Daniel and her chief are given a parallel task to the main investigation: keep an eye on Walker but thats not all Jessica has to do.Rock star Blaine Banner is playing a series of homecoming gigs but is convinced someones trying to kill him, while a bride-to-be is picketing the police station, demanding someone finds her missing fiance.All the while, faces from Jessicas past are watching and waiting. Someone wants a word . . .

«Un caso imposible. Una trama impecable.»ConEncerradaempieza la serie protagonizada por la detective Jessica Daniel.Cuando un cadáver es encontrado en una casa cerrada con llave, la sargento de dete