Two murders. Twenty years. Now the killer is back for more…DCI Matilda Darke has returned to work after a nine month absence. A shadow of her former self, she is tasked with re-opening a cold case: the terrifyingly brutal murders of Miranda and Stefan Harkness. The only witness was their eleven-year-old son, Jonathan, who was too deeply traumatized to speak a word.Then a dead body is discovered, and the investigation leads back to Matilda's case. Suddenly the past and prese...

‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly GriffithsThe second book in Michael Wood’s darkly compelling new crime series featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid.When elderly George Rainsford goes to investigate a suspicious noise one night, the last thing he expects to find is a bloodbath. A man has been killed and a woman brutally beaten, left for dead.The victims are ...

‘This is a total BOOM BOOM POW! of a book…Budge up Jed Mercurio when you are done working on Line of Duty I think it is time for you to meet Matilda’ LJ, Read and Rated Book Review Blog‘Excellent plotting. The twists keep on coming making this an irresistible read’ Michael J. Malone, author of A Song of IsolationYou’re a survivor, aren’t you, Matilda? But what’s the point in surviving when everyone around you is dead?When ...

Your life is in his hands.In the gripping new serial killer thriller from Michael Wood, Matilda Darke faces a vicious killer pursuing his own brand of lethal justice. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons and Helen Fields.There’s a killer in your house.The Hangman waits in the darkness.He knows your darkest secrets.He’ll make you pay for all the crimes you have tried desperately to forget....

‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly GriffithsThe third book in Michael Wood’s darkly compelling crime series featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Peter James, Lee Child and Karin Slaughter.Eight killers. One house. And the almost perfect murder…Starling House is home to some of the nation’s deadliest teenagers, still too young for prison.When the latest arrival is found brutally murdered, DCI Matilda Darke and her tea...

‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly GriffithsA short story and prequel featuring DCI Matilda Darke, star of Michael Wood’s darkly compelling crime series. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid.It’s Christmas in Sheffield. But not everyone is enjoying the festive season…A man has been found brutally murdered in his own home. The victim is Iain Kilbride, a once-famous TV sta...

‘She is the perfect heroine’ Elly GriffithsThe addictive new crime thriller featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons.‘DCI Matilda Darke is going places’ James OswaldSome cases won’t die.A young boy walks into a police station in France. He claims to be Carl Meagan – a missing child from Sheffield whose name is still whispered as a warning to kids who stay out after dark.Some children won...

A killer call. A murder close to home. A case only DCI Matilda Darke and her team can solve.No one wants to be the first one to die…***'Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths‘A master of horror and suspense’ ★★★★★***A KILLER CONFESSIONWhen journalist Danny Hanson answers a call from someone with blood on...

‘Amazing… literally blew me away’ ★★★★★‘Real Stephen King vibes. Tense, unsettling and a surefire winner’ Trevor Wood'An intense one-sitting read full of twists and turns that kept me guessing right until the end’ Angela Marsons️️️A bestselling writer. A murder that hasn’t been scripted… Or has it?Since being left for dead in a brutal attack, crime writer Aidan Cullen hasn’t le...

‘Will keep you up at night… I can’t get enough’ ★★★★★‘Wow. Michael Wood has done it again… I definitely felt my heart rate increase’ ★★★★★***A FAMILY SLAINWhen Detective Inspector Foley is called out to a crime scene, nothing could have prepared him for the level of brutality inflicted on the victims. And with terrifying similarities to another recent murder case, he fears there might be a serial killer runn...

‘Gory, brutal, devastating, utterly addictive and yet so finely written. This deserves to be huge – and I think it will be. His best yet’ Louise BeechThey were the perfect family. It was the perfect crime.The new gripping DCI Matilda Darke crime thriller about the dark secrets that lie within a perfect family. For fans of Patricia Gibney and Angela Marsons.It’s the most disturbing crime scene DCI Ma...

When Arthur Bold returned from his wife's funeral he celebrated his new found freedom exorcising the demons of his marriage by making best use (in his own eyes) of what remained. Only thing was, all that remained didn't want to go. It didn't want to go at all.