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After she escapes detention, the bodies of her attackers start to pile up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommander Carlyle faces a race against time to find out who she really is - and to stop her from killing again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for James Craig\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cracking read' \u003ci\u003eBBC Radio 4\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fast paced and very easy to get quickly lost in' \u003ci\u003eLovereading.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204475093170,"sku":"9781472132772","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781472132772.jpg?v=1786020701"},{"product_id":"9781472122209","title":"This is Where I Say Goodbye","description":"\u003cp\u003eHis father is dying.\u003cbr\u003eHe's stuck in the middle of a gang war.\u003cbr\u003eAnd he has to solve a case with no clues.\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the world of Inspector John Carlyle. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWork goes on the backburner for Inspector Carlyle as he tries to manage his father's final days. But when the drug dealer providing the old man's pain relief ends up dead, London's least conventional copper finds himself in the middle of a vicious East London turf war. Meantime, he is supposed to be dealing with the case of a  young woman found badly beaten in an alleyway. With no idea who she is, and no clues as to her attacker, he has to get help from some unlikely sources.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56300482101621,"sku":"9781472122209","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781472122209_a45457df-3bca-41a6-9bd9-402c33dc0b86.jpg?v=1786020433"},{"product_id":"9781472132765","title":"Circus Games","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho is the man with no head?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Commander John Carlyle has enough on his plate with a dead film producer and a runaway actor, not to mention the alcoholic boss who's accused him of harassment. The last thing he needs is a headless corpse in the cells of a recently closed police station. Does the killing have something to do with the station's dark past? It seems more than coincidence but Carlyle has to identify the victim  before he can solve the murder...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for James Craig:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cracking read' \u003ci\u003eBBC Radio 4\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fast paced and very easy to get quickly lost in' \u003ci\u003eLovereading.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Craig writes like an angel' \u003ci\u003eCrimefictionlover.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56300999246197,"sku":"9781472132765","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781472132765_c8abc434-416c-413e-88d5-2791b20940e1.jpg?v=1786020700"},{"product_id":"9781849015844","title":"Never Apologise, Never Explain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlyle is attempting too much and achieving too little and he's  upsetting all the wrong people - this time it could be terminal...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJake Haggar has been kidnapped by his father who is threatening to sell the boy to a paedophile ring.  Carlyle is struggling to get him back.  It's not his case but it is his problem - it was his fault Jake was taken in the first place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Carlyle's own caseload includes the murder of Agatha Mills.  Her husband, Henry, has been arrested for murder but his explanation is so outlandish that Carlyle wonders if it may just be true.  Agatha is the sister of William Pettigrew, a priest killed in Chile during the Fascist coup in 1973 and after 30 years of campaigning, Agatha was about to see his killer brought to justice.  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