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The Custodian

The Custodian

(Most recent edition: November 2026; No Exit Press.)

The Custodian

Severed fingers delivered in the post, old and tragic memories stirred... someone is stage-managing the reopening of long-forgotten cases, manipulating the victims' families' grief decades after their loved ones went missing. And DI Bolam, newly appointed to the town's Serious Crimes team, finds himself in the thick of it, in a job he had never wanted, in a town that holds only sadness for him and reminders of all he has lost.

A police procedural mystery, full of twists and turns, following DI Bolam as he attempts to unravel the dark history of the town where his late wife grew up, even if it means tearing apart what remains of his own family.


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