Silver Springs Publishing: 18 books

Why would a woman who runs a corner shop in South Manchester be shot dead in cold blood in apparently contract killing? Who could she have offended so much that they wanted her out of the way permanently? And what's happened to her partner? They're supposed to be inseperable but she hasn't been seen...

DSI Barton and his team investigate a particularly nasty crime when the body of a teenage girl is found in the boot of a car. She's had her legs cut off. She's been subjected to one of the most barbaric practices done to young girls. But who is she? How did she end up like that? Meanwhile,...

REVIEWS 'A chilling yet humane thriller' 'Loved it!' 'A harrowing tale skilfully told' 'A compelling page turner'. 'A cracking good read! Couldn't put it down'. DESCRIPTION The remains of three bodies are found in an old house close to Manchester University....

A Nazi war criminal. A British aristocrat. A decades old murder mystery that could rock the nation. A European arrest warrant has been issued for Dieter Naumann who's been living as Dr. Gerald Edwards in the Derbyshire town of Glossop since the end of the second world war. He's recognised by...

A former IRA terrorist is murdered in the Manchester flat he's lived in since he was released from prison. The next day the son of one of his victims is also murdered and it looks like he was expecting his killer. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world in Melbourne, Australia, a seemingly ordinary...

No Questions Asked picks up where 'Storms' left off in the back garden of Jeff Barton's house where he's hosting a barbecue for neighbours, family and friends. But the party is abruptly ended when the body of an eleven year-old child, the son of one of Jeff's neighbours, is found in the woods nearby....

Members of a notorious gang of teenage boys on an estate in east Manchester are being murdered in a particularly gruesome manner. Is it some kind of vendetta? The list of potential suspects would be long if it was but Detective Superintendent Jeff Barton and his team have to contend with a hostile...

Detective Superintendent Jeff Barton is back and investigating a series of brutal murders of men who are out on stag nights in the centre of Manchester. But is this the work of a psychopath or, as Jeff comes to expect, an even more chilling story of someone who'll do anything for anyone just to belong? During...

THE PROVOCATION In the desperate world of modern slavery a Pakistani refugee is found murdered in the kitchen of a Salford pub. THE RETALIATION A man is accused of the murder but is snatched by a gang and pays the ultimate price. But was he the real killer? THE POLITICS A...

Jeff Barton returns from his holiday to see his late wife's relatives in China in a relaxed and refreshed mood but that's soon put to the test. He's used to being under pressure to find answers but this is different. He begins to feel there's a force within the force that doesn't want him and his...

The body of a young woman is found who'd been murdered using electrocution. Then the body of another young woman is found who'd been murdered in the same way and she's the daughter of a prominent Manchester prosecution lawyer. A suspect linked to both women is quickly identified by Chief Constable...

Children convicted of killing other children grow up in incarceration and as adults they’re given a fresh identity and a new start in a different part of the country from where they committed their heinous crimes. But someone is leaking that information and blowing their cover. Not to a vigilante...

These stories covering love and loss, happiness and misery, all have a final macabre twist that show that if you want someone else to experience karma then you've got to go out and make sure it happens.

Max Burley comes to Stephanie desperate for help. He's about to go on trial for the murder of his boss who also happens to have been his secret lover. Stephanie takes on the case but doesn't realise the danger she's putting herself in or the risk she's taking with those around her. Her son arrives...