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When DS Henry Christie sets off on a short winter break with his old friend FBI agent Karl Donaldson, he expects a pleasant hike through the countryside followed by an overnight stop in a picturesque village. But the hike turns into a fight for survival in the worst snowstorm for thirty years. And things only get worse when they stumble, exhausted and injured, into the village pub--only to find themselves in the middle of a blood-soaked stand-off...
2) Transfusion
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Viktor Bashkim, head of one of Europe's most feared mafia gangs, is preparing to hand over power to his ruthless daughter, Sofia. But as they leave the family villa high in the Cypriot hills for business overseas, Viktor's old nemesis is watching... In Lancashire, retired detective superintendent turned civilian investigator Henry Christie is assisting the Cold Case Unit with Operation Sparrow Hawk, investigating historic child abuse and murder kick-started...
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 24
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As former Detective Superintendent Henry Christie settles into a new life running The Tawny Owl pub with his fiancée Alison, their rural idyll is disrupted by a violent intruder. After Henry foils a kidnap attempt on Alison's daughter, it becomes clear that he and his family have become the targets of a ruthless professinal killer. But who... and why?
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"Some wounds never heal . . . Henry Christie has never forgotten the day he was brutally assaulted as a young constable while chasing a teenage shoplifter down a Blackpool alley. Tommy Benemy went missing soon after his arrest, but although Henry promised Tommy's mother he'd keep an eye on the case, her son was never found. Now retired, Henry reluctantly agrees to join the Cold Case Unit as a civilian investigator, teaming up with the volatile DS...
5) Demolition
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Henry Christie is focused on running his pub, the Tawny Owl, where he learns of the Kendleton protest group's fury with James Twain, a local property developer, and the keen desire of some residents to solve a murder that stretches back to the Second World War. When James is viciously killed in his barn, and another body is found in similar disturbing circumstances nearby, Henry is drawn into the investigations and the villagers' dark wartime secrets....
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 7
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When the brutally murdered body of a Manchester drug dealer is found dumped just inside the Lancashire border, it turns out that the dead man had been a CID informant working for a small nucleus of corrupt detectives. Then a high-profile trial of a Manchester gangster collapses in disarray, amid accusations of police misconduct.Thrust into the investigation of the drug dealer's death is DCI Henry Christie, recently returned to work after a period...
7) Low profile
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 21
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2014.
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While investigating a gangland-style execution where one of the victims is a successful jeweler, Henry Christie and ex-cop Steve Flynn find themselves pitted against cold-blooded killers searching for a fortune worth millions.
8) Bad tidings
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Detective Superintendent Henry Christie leaves his planned Christmas festivities to catch a serial killer, but he fails to realize just how much this case will challenge him--both professionally and personally.
9) Unforgiving
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"On the verge of retirement, Henry Christie is loath to leave any unsolved cases to his successor, particularly ones in which he has a personal stake. But when a cop and a suspected murderer are killed in separate but related incidents, Henry's professional judgement is called into question, and it looks as though he will have no choice but to leave the force under a cloud." --
10) Bad timing
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Henry Christie thought he'd solved the case that drew him out of retirement, but finds himself joining forces with Diane Daniels once again when the body of a young woman is discovered close to the scene of the chilling murders that took place at Hawkshead Farm. The deaths appear to be linked, and when Henry and Diane stumble upon an execution in progress and narrowly avoid becoming victims themselves, Henry embarks on a mission to bring a merciless...
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 18
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2012.
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Detective Superintendent Henry Christie is in the middle of a case involving the murder of a teenage girl when he's called in to investigate the drowning of Jennifer Sunderland, wife of a local businessman. Originally hoping the case will be straightforward enough to turn over to the local precinct, his curiosity is soon aroused when things don't add up--and when masked man points a gun at his head. As Henry digs deeper, this simple case of drowning...
12) The nothing job
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 13
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Reluctantly agreeing to track down three dangerous criminals, DCI Henry Christie's philosophy is that anything that keeps him at the cutting edge of coppering can't be all bad. But then he's asked to close down an investigation into a fatal police shooting, and he uncovers a number of worrying connections. Henry charges headlong into a terrifying conspiracy and finds himself much closer to the cutting edge than even he would have wanted'.
13) Edge
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 22
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The latest gripping police procedural featuring Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Christie When Charlie Wilder is released from prison he's desperate to resume his life of crime. But when he discovers he's been betrayed by his closest friends, Charlie's rage turns to cold-blooded murder and an orgy of violence ensues... As a gruesome turn of fate spins Henry Christie unwillingly into a collision course with Charlie, he finds himself pitted against...
14) Wildfire
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"Henry Christie is enjoying a quiet retirement running the Tawny Owl pub - until a devastating moorland fire tears through the surrounding area and he finds himself at the forefront of coordinating the local response. When the occupants of a remote farm can't be contacted, Henry goes to check on them - and makes a grisly discovery. Reluctantly agreeing to help the police with their investigation, Henry is reunited with DC Diane Daniels, and is soon...
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"Two murders, apparently unconnected: one victim shot to death in his office, the other brutally stabbed in what appears to have been a road rage incident...neither case solved. Six months later, following a desperate plea from a chief constable, Detective Superintendent Henry Christie finds himself travelling across the country to carry out an urgent review of the two killings. His investigations will plunge him into a terrifying world of murder...
16) Seizure
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 14
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Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Henry Christie could do without dealing with Felix Deakin, a convicted drug dealer serving a heavy prison sentence, who suddenly volunteers some new evidence that could be crucial in an upcoming murder trial. But things go horribly wrong when Deaken escapes from custody and kidnaps a disgraced ex-cop's son to use as a bargaining chip....
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 17
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Grieving after a huge personal tragedy, DS Christie is trying to pull his life back together and thinking seriously about retirement. But when he's called out to investigate the rape and murder of a teenage girl, and then forced to confront a suicide bomber, he decides that it's not yet time to put his career on ice.
18) Screen of deceit
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Henry Christie mysteries volume 12
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A DCI Henry Christie novel Fourteen-year-old Mark Carter is plunged into a world of crime following his sister's drug overdose. He agrees to become an informer for DCI Christie in order to avenge Beth's death and redeem himself. But if it all goes wrong, Mark stands to lose everything including his life. Mark's obsession for revenge leads him to a dangerous mixture of teenage street gangs, brutal murder, drug turf wars and betrayal.
19) Hidden witness
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When a seemingly respectable Blackpool businessman is hit by a car and then shot while fleeing an attempted mugging, Henry Christie soon links the man's death to the mafia; but then the investigation stalls. Eventually, Christie learns that teenagers Mark Carter and his buddy, Rory, witnessed the killing--but the boys have disappeared. Believing that they've gone to ground, Christie is shocked when Rory's bullet-riddled body is found. The only remaining...
20) Judgement call
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It's 1982--and Henry is a young cop with a point to prove and an attitude to control. His youthful enthusiasm can sometimes cloud his better judgement. When a series of rash decisions results in disaster, Henry determines to put things right his own way--despite being warned off by his detective inspector. Setting out to smash singlehandedly a dangerous criminal enterprise, Henry's impetuous actions lead to more conflict--and a very real threat to...
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