Fatal Shot
Pleasure or murder?
Was journalist Jenny Pike seeking extreme pleasure or was she murdered? Mexton police and her partner are suspicious. Things just don’t add up. Who would want Jenny killed and why? If she was murdered, then why was there no trace of the killer?
Deadly weapons
A mystery gunman is injured as his weapon blows up in his face. Someone is making blank weapons lethal. Mexton police are baffled. Meanwhile, a ruthless gangster is after a stolen laptop, and he will stop at nothing to get it back. What is on that laptop?
A dangerous turf war
Soon Mexton is in turmoil with illegal firearms, a vengeful crime boss and an impossible crime to solve. A turf war between drug dealers looms and the police seem powerless to stop it. Can DC Mel Cotton and her colleagues solve the riddles facing them without getting killed? Can a lethal conflict be prevented, before someone gets seriously hurt?
Brian Price
Brian Price is the author of the DC Mel Cotton series and the guide for authors Crime writing: how to write the science. He is a chemist and a biologist by training and has worked for the NHS analysing medicines, for the Environment Agency in a variety of roles, and was an Open University tutor for 26 years. He advises other crime writers on the scientific aspects of their work and lives in the West of England, overlooking a cemetery. He is married and has four grown-up children.