It's December 12 and Horton gets called to a gruesome catch by two fishermen

Two
of my crime novels are set around Christmas so if you fancy getting
into the festive spirit with DI Andy Horton then Fatal Catch and The
Suffocating Sea should be on your reading list.



Fatal Catch opens on 12 December and DI Horton is called out to examine a gruesome catch by two
fishermen: a human hand.Is it that of missing violent criminal Alfie
Wright – or is he the killer? And where is the rest of the corpse?  
Soon Horton finds himself immersed in a complex case where everyone has a
reason to lie and no one is who they seem. His
instincts tell him to trust no one and believe nothing; he’s not sure
though whether this time he’ll succeed …



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