Assassin - A Hunter & Selitto thriller

Robin Nye

Summary

This is the second book in the exciting new Hunter & Selitto series. It is a fast-moving, chilling, and engrossing novel in which the two detectives are in a race against time to identify a hugely resourceful killer.

Tonbridge, Kent: When two professional snooker players die in suspicious circumstances, DI Sarah Hunter and DS Ted Selitto of Kent Police in south-east England know that they must act quickly to track down the killer. But their investigation is thrown off course with the discovery that the deaths were all caused by a deadly cocktail of lethal toxins. They are also having difficulty finding enough evidence to charge one of an increasing number of suspects. Eventually, their enquiry connects to an audacious plan to land millions of pounds worth of drugs onto deserted beaches.

Available since: 03/01/2022.

Contemporary Fiction

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