Detective Helen Carter Books 1-3

Description

In this three-book box set:

The Uniform
Helen Carter has just landed her first case as a detective: a murder in an abandoned cinema. A mysterious clock-like symbol is drawn on the wall . . . in blood. Stranger still is what the killer left behind: the business card of an ex-cop. Since being promoted from WPC, Helen is having trouble making her mark in the male-dominated Edinburgh CID. Witnesses won’t talk to her and her colleagues don’t take her seriously. And now a body turns up in a sweet shop with a pocket watch shoved in his mouth. The clock is ticking to stop a serial killer.

The Evidence
Barmaid Tina French is strangled to death on her way home from work. Meanwhile, Moira McKenzie leaves her lover’s townhouse and gets home to find her abusive husband washing blood from his hands. Later, in their garden shed, she finds incriminating photos, keepsakes and newspaper cuttings about old murder cases. When the police are called to their home, they find a pool of blood and a shattered glass table, but no sign of Moira . . . Helen knows what it’s like to be victimized. Now she needs to stop the person terrorizing the women of Edinburgh.

The Suspects
Detective Helen Carter is going head-to-head with notorious cop killer Jimmy Osbourne. Eight years ago he pulled off the perfect heist and fled to Spain, leaving behind a trail of carnage. But not a shred of evidence to implicate him. Now he’s back in Edinburgh. But why? Helen has her suspicions. Within days, a mysterious jewel thief surfaces on CCTV. A gunman shoots up a seedy back-alley. The suspects are piling up, but Helen knows Jimmy is behind them. All her instincts tell her he’s guilty. She’s watching him. But he has eyes on her too . . . Can she take him down before he gets to her?