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Chris Merritt

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Website

http://www.cjmerritt.co.uk

Twitter

DrCJMerritt

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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Jo Nesbo, Mark Billingham, Val McDermid, Michael Connelly, William Boy ...more

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August 2018

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Hello! I'm a British author whose crime thrillers combine psychology, suspense, and characters you care about.

All my novels are set in London, where I live. My first trilogy starred Zac Boateng and Kat Jones, two detectives motivated by family, who tackle organised crime and police corruption. LAST WITNESS, the second Boateng and Jones book, reached #13 in the UK Kindle chart in 2019.

My second series features detective Dan Lockhart - an ex-soldier with a missing wife - and psychologist Dr Lexi Green, an American living in London. These novels are darker, more psychological serial-killer cases, with romantic relationships as a central theme.

I began writing fiction in 2014, after previous careers as a diplomat, based in Iraq and Jerusalem, an ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 4,461 ratings · 714 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	The New Home 3.86 avg rating — 1,588 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knock Knock (Detectives Lockhart and Green, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 1,047 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Witness (Detective Zac Boateng #2) 4.08 avg rating — 599 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bring Her Back (Detective Zac Boateng #1) 4.05 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who's Next? (Detectives Lockhart and Green #2) 4.33 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Souls (Detectives Lockhart and Green #3) 4.45 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life or Death (Detective Zac Boateng #3) 4.37 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Committed 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	NEW-The New Home: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LA Portfolio 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Chris Merritt liked Abigayle's review of Committed (Ellen McGinley): "The blistering plotline takes off right from the first page and doesn’t let up. Ellen is smart and sassy, and you spend the whole novel routing for her to make it and foil the terrorists without getting killed – there are moments when you just don’t " Read more of this review »
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Chris Merritt liked Graham Bartlett's review of Committed (Ellen McGinley): "An incredible story where one woman’s battle against her past and the present is all that can stop Armageddon. Chris Merritt’s legendary story telling ramps up another notch with this high concept thriller where the internal and external demons seem " Read more of this review »
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Chris Merritt liked Donna Morfett's review of Committed (Ellen McGinley): "This is the first book of Chris's I've read, and was nothing like I was expecting! That's in a good way. Chris has taken us to America, where Ellen has left her previous job fighting terrorism to settle down with her little boy. That is until she hea" Read more of this review »
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This month's book selection challenge/theme is: Books with the same color on the cover.

Which of these books would you prefer to read as December's 2021's book club selection?

When Christmas Comes by Andrew Klavan

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The New Home by Chris Merritt

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The Family Across the Street by Nicole Trope

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