Kirjahaku

Just a brief six months ago Mac had been the head of a London Murder Squad and a policeman renowned for his skill in solving the most difficult cases. Now a private detective and, after bereavement and pain, he doubts himself and is no longer sure if he has the will or the energy to make a success of his new career. His first case comes by chance as a mother's grief sends him into a town's red light district to find out how her daughter died. Mac soon finds himself working with a team of local police detectives who are hot on the trail of a cold-blooded serial killer. Mac has to dig deep and rediscover all his talents in order to solve the case of The Body in the Boot.

It's January and winter is biting hard. Mac is asked to investigate the brutal murder of a homeless man in London by his grieving daughter. Meanwhile two of Mac's police colleagues are looking into the suspicious death of a Cambridge history professor. Their paths cross and they realise that the two deaths are somehow linked. During the investigation Mac meets someone from his past, someone he'd hoped he'd never see again. The Tiger, the most fearsome and violent criminal that Mac had ever dealt with, is once again loose on the streets.

After a long hard winter Mac goes on holiday to Cyprus to soak up some sun and becomes involved in a murder investigation. An old man has fallen from the balcony of his holiday apartment and the police believe that he was pushed. Mac helps the police teams in Cyprus and the UK uncover the truth behind his death. What they find leads them on a deadly chase for a priceless treasure...

It's been the worst summer in years and Mac is once more at a loose end. The mother of a murdered girl asks him to look into an unsolved case that is nearly five years old. Her daughter wasn't the only girl who died in what became known as 'The Match of the Day Murders'. Three girls had been found on football fields exactly one week after the other and all were strangled to death. Mac is also asked by his old friend DI Andy Reid from the Major Crime Unit to help review the cases and so Mac finds himself working alongside Kate Grimsson as they once again dig deep into the past. A serial killer appears to be still on the loose and Mac is worried that he might start killing again.A story of life, death and football.

Renovation work at a large Victorian pub called the Black Vaults is halted as the builders walk out after saying that the pub is haunted. In desperation the owners call in Martin Jorgensen, a young Professor of Anomalistic Psychology, who sees this as a chance to test his pet theory. Together with his assistant and four student volunteers he spends two nights at the pub as part of an experiment in the hope that he'll be able to record some real paranormal activity. However they get far more than they bargained for as the Black Vaults is full of frightening surprises and, sooner or later, they will all have to face down their own ghosts. It will be an experience that will change all of their lives forever.

Mac's hit a new low. With only daytime TV to look forward to he agrees to help cranky old Monty Llewellyn-fforbes find out who broke into his house and stole an Easter egg. When he talks to the local police he finds out that there have been four other burglaries in the area where only chocolate has been stolen. Both Mac and the police suspect that there is far more to the break-ins than at first meets the eye. Following a tenuous lead he discovers that the crimes may have been connected to an incident in a Greek town just after the end of the Second World War. He eventually uncovers a dark secret from the past, so dark that it is still causing tremors seventy years later.Mac also helps the daughter of a world famous artist open her father's safe after his death. Does it really contain evidence of a crime being committed within the family?Two cases linked by deception, the beauty of art and women's tears.

A young girl goes missing in a Hertfordshire town on a Saturday night and Mac is called in to help the Major Crimes Unit with their first case. The investigation leads Mac and the team into some dark places as they explore every avenue in a race against the clock. It takes a memory from the past to finally lead the team in the right direction, away from the light and into the heart of blackness.

Mac has injured his back saving a young girl's life and has been told that he will need to spend the next six weeks in bed. In desperation he asks the police for some work to keep his mind off his increased pain levels. He receives 23 cold case files, all brutal unsolved murders, and Mac gets to work. All he can do is apply his mind but that is more than enough. With help from the mercurial DS Kate Grimsson, a new recruit, and DC Tommy Nugent Mac re-opens the case of an axe murder carried out by a drugs gang. However there is a lot more to the case than initially meets the eye.But there is another cold case that Mac just can't put out of his mind. He gives it his best efforts but will he ever find out what really happened?