{"product_id":"9781911021247","title":"DEAD SILENT a gripping detective thriller full of suspense","description":"\u003cb\u003eFemale students are going missing but nobody's noticed yet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An outstanding police procedural that you won't want to put down. Brilliant!\" Chris Child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA body is found in a car crash, but the victim was already dead . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolice partners, D.I. Calladine and D.S. Ruth Bayliss race against time to catch a vicious serial killer. The first two victims are American university students and both have livestock tags fixed to their earlobes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho wanted them dead and what's the connection? The detectives piece together the forensic evidence and track down the witnesses, to reach a shocking conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you like Angela Marsons, Rachel Abbott, Mel Sherratt, Ruth Rendell, or Mark Billingham you will be gripped by this exciting new crime fiction writer. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDEAD SILENT is book two of a new series of detective thrillers featuring D.S. Ruth Bayliss and D.I. Tom Calladine. In this second book, Calladine faces personal tragedy and startling revelations, and Ruth's relationship with Jake Ireson develops. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Calladine is a single, fifty-one-year-old detective inspector who is devoted to his job. His personal life, however, is not so successful. Having been married and divorced before the age of twenty-one has set a pattern that he finds difficult to escape. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Bayliss is in her mid-thirties, plain-speaking but loyal. She wishes she had more time for the gym and a love life. She uses her demanding workload as an excuse not to try too hard with the men she meets. Her hobby is birdwatching. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe series is set in the fictional village of Leesdon on the outskirts of an industrial northern English city. There is little work and a lot of crime. The bane of Calladine's life is the Hobfield housing estate, breeding ground to all that is wrong with the area that he calls home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow available: DEAD LIST the third mystery featuring Detectives Bayliss and Calladine! \u003cbr\u003e\"A serial killer with a bucket list of victims . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joffe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062950772976,"sku":"9781911021247","price":8.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911021247_p0.jpg?v=1763631083","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911021247","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}