The Dentist

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A homeless man. Violently strangled. No leads. Unless they’re in his past.

Ds George Cross’ relentless obsession with logic, detail and patterns is what makes him so irritatingly brilliant. But it doesn’t exactly make him popular with colleagues or his superiors. He has numerous enemies in the force wanting to see him fail.

So, an outsider himself, he is drawn to this man’s case. The discovery of his connection to an old cold case then pulls him in further. Convinced this is where the answer lies, Cross decides to solve a murder someone has spent the past fifteen years thinking they’ve got away with.

Red flags are soon raised as suspicious inconsistencies and errors in the original detective’s investigation come to light. Now retired, this ex-cop has powerful friends in the force and a long-standing dislike of Cross.

Set in picturesque Bristol in the Southwest of England, it’s not long before the city reveals its dark underbelly, in a case of intriguing twists and turns whose result astonishes even those involved.

Difficult and awkward, maybe. But Cross has the best conviction rate in Avon & Somerset Police. By far.