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A Little About C.J. Grayson
Chris was born in Darlington, North East of England. He loves spending time with his family which include his three sons. He enjoys walking on the beach, listening to music, going for the occasional run to keep fit, playing football, and coaching his son’s football team.
When he’s not at work and at home, he loves reading (crime), watching engineering and construction programs (he loves how things methodically fit together), likes to immerse himself in horror / supernatural films and series which make the hairs on his neck stand on end, satisfying his strange fixation for unusual escapism, and possesses a disturbing obsession with drinking far too much coffee to feed his writing habits.
His books include novels in the Darlington-based series with DI Max Byrd & DI Orion Tanzy, and his Manchester-based series, featuring his new detective, April Fisher
Books
Someone’s There
DI Max Byrd & DI Orion Tanzy (Darlington) series:
The Tees Valley Killings (book 1)
The Denes Park Killings (book 2)
The Lingfield Point Killings (book 3)
The Little Girl In The Wardrobe (book 4)
DS April Fisher (Manchester) series:
Taken While She Slept (book 1)
Taken From Her Home (book 2)
The Tees Valley Killings
Book 1 in the Byrd & Tanzy series.
Darlington is a small Northern town where everyone knows everyone. And Detectives Tanzy and Byrd know there’s a twisted serial killer in their midst . . .
They find Julia Porter’s body tied to a chair in her quiet family home in the outskirts of Darlington. She’s covered in blood, and someone has cut out her eyes.
Next to her is a message written in red crayon: She didn’t see it coming.
Detectives Tanzy and Byrd have never seen the like of this in their town before. Then a few days later a woman is handed a package on the high street.
It contains Julia Porter’s eyes . . . It’s a warning.
Darlington used to be a nice town. Not any more.
Detectives Tanzy and Byrd must stop this twisted serial killer before more women pay the ultimate price.
The Denes Park Killings
Book 2 in the Byrd & Tanzy series.
Darlington is a small Northern town where everyone knows everyone. But Detectives Orion Tanzy and Max Byrd know that small towns can harbour deadly killers . . .
Anna Greenwell is walking home through the park with her six-year-old son when they come across a body. As soon as she sees the trainers and tracksuit, she knows. Her eldest was wearing those same clothes last night — and he never came home.
At the post-mortem, Tanzy and Byrd see that Mark Greenwell’s back is covered in deep scars. Some have healed, but others are fresh and raw. Someone was punishing this boy with regular whippings.
Meanwhile, the new DCI is making things especially difficult for Tanzy, and Byrd is still grieving for his parents. But things get even worse when a nine-year-old boy disappears on his way to school.
Damien Spencer went missing from the alley by his house. Is his abduction connected to the murder of Mark Greenwell? Tanzy and Byrd must find out — before it’s too late.
Darlington used to be a nice town. Not any more.
Detectives Tanzy and Byrd must stop this depraved killer before the body count rises.
The Lingfield Point Killings
Book 3 in the Byrd & Tanzy series.
Late one night Danny Walters tucks his young son back into bed. He realizes the carpet is soaking wet just as he sees a man standing at the bottom of the stairs. The man lights a match. The house goes up in flames.
The next day, Detectives Tanzy and Byrd witness a horrific video posted online. Someone stood in the back garden filming as Danny and his whole family burned alive.
Across town, four women wake up in a dark, cold room. Every time they fall asleep, one of them is taken. People on the internet are paying good money to watch what happens to them.
Then Tanzy and Byrd get a sickening call. There’s an unconscious woman balanced right on the edge of her fourth-floor balcony. Someone drugged her and put her up there. The detectives race to the scene, just as the woman’s phone rings, waking her. She panics . . .
Darlington used to be a nice town. A quiet town. Not any more.
Detectives Tanzy and Byrd must stop this depraved killer before the body count rises.
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The Little Girl In The Wardrobe
Book 4 in the Byrd & Tanzy series
The police receive a call.
‘Please help. He’s coming.’
The small voice is barely a whisper.
‘Who’s coming? Are you in danger?’
‘He has a knife. He killed her.’
The line goes dead.
Nine-year-old Anya crawls into a cupboard in her bedroom and calls the police again. The line connects as the bedroom door creaks open.
‘They’re here . . .’
A blood-curdling scream barrels down the phone, filling the earpiece of the operator.
For the second time, the lines goes dead.
Detectives Tanzy and Byrd are called to Anya’s home, a small, semi-detached property.
They’re hit by the familiar smell of death.
Something terrible happened here — and it’s up to Tanzy and Byrd to pull together the pieces of this terrifying puzzle.
Taken While She Slept
Book 1 in the DS April Fisher series
Two-year-old Abigail is fast asleep in the back of the car, clutching her little red lion. Tony, her father, steps out onto the pavement. The man he’s meeting punches him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Before it all goes black, Tony sees his car speed away — with his little girl inside.
When he finally gets home after the worst day of his life, the house is empty. His wife is gone too. The place is ransacked and the kitchen is streaked with blood.
Someone out there has Tony’s little girl. And his wife may already be dead.
Detective April Fisher must race against time to find little Abi alive.
Taken From Her Home
Book 2 in the DS April Fisher series
Mary’s in the shower after a long day’s work when the lights go out. Her phone screen flashes in the dark. The text is from an unknown number:
‘You’re not alone in this room.’
When she wakes, her head is pounding and there’s a churning in the pit of her stomach. She’s lying naked on the cold hard floor of a room she’s never seen before. The door is locked.
There’s a deep cut across her thigh. The key to the door is sewn into her flesh. It’s the only way out of this room.
Detective April Fisher must race against time to catch a killer in a sick game of cat and mouse.
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