The author of more than twenty acclaimed novels, Jo Bannister started her career as a journalist on a local weekly paper. Shortlisted for various prestigious awards, she held the post of editor at The County Down Spectator for several years before leaving to pursue her writing full time. She lives in Northern Ireland.
When Gabriel Ash comes across a terrified young woman fleeing a brutal attacker, he and Hazel Best are drawn into a complex and baffling investigation.
Something appalling happened in the wood. When Gabriel Ash comes to a young woman's aid, she thinks she's safe. But things aren't always as they seem. DCI Gorman thinks this is his worst nightmare: a predatory paedophile who's prepared to kill. And people have noticed that descriptions of the attacker fit Ash better than they fit anyone else.
Constable Hazel Best attracts a sinister new admirer in this absorbing police procedural.
When does a secret admirer become a stalker? When people start dying? For Constable Hazel Best, the pivot point is the attack on her friend Gabriel Ash. That's when she focuses all her ingenuity on finding her sinister new admirer. In the end, though, Hazel must deal with the stalker alone. And more than her own life will depend on the outcome ...
A case of mistaken identity spells trouble for Gabriel Ash and Hazel Best in this intriguing mystery.
When two kidnappers attempt to snatch away Gabriel Ash's sons outside the school gates, it's only the intervention of his friend, Constable Hazel Best, that keeps them safe. As she investigates, Hazel uncovers disturbing information about another crime, the repercussions of which are still threatening innocent lives 17 years later.
Detective Constable Hazel Best's latest assignment takes an unexpected turn in the compelling new Gabriel Ash mystery.
DC Hazel Best shadows TV historian Oliver Ford. Hazel saves Ford from a murderous attack that was apparently an act of jihad, but why would someone target Ford's museum? Meanwhile, Gabriel Ash and Saturday grow uneasy at Hazel's developing relationship with Ford. Though neither of them can guess where the real danger is coming from.
A mystery of arson, car crashes and religious relics.
When Robin Firth's son Mouse is blamed for a fatal car crash, Robin's fury stuns both the boy and Agnes, his new wife. Then the village church burns down, and suspicion falls on Mouse. And then there's the interest of a band of New Age travellers in the improbable survival of the church's relic. It's supposed to be a Crusader banner, but that just doesn't make any sense . . .
