A Long-Dead Thing: A DI Harrison Baird Crime Thriller

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DCI ROBERT KETT BOOKS!It may be heaven on earth, but all hell has broken loose... When a raid on a gang of people smugglers in Aberdeen goes wrong, impulsive Police Scotland detective DI Harrison Baird faces the worst punishment relocation to England. Posted in the sleepy seaside town of Southwold, and partnered with the apparently clueless DC Connie Connell, Baird finds himself in a world that’s totally different to the gritty Scottish streets he’s used to. Here, the biggest problem seems to be what topping to put on his ice cream, and how to avoid eating DI Henry Crump’s awful fish pie. But beneath the surface, the Suffolk coast hides a terrifying darkness. One night, a body is washed ashore—a long-dead thing—and in its eye is a silver coin. When more bodies follow, each murdered more brutally than the last, Baird realises that he’s arrived just in time to face a ruthless serial killer—one who seems to be targeting members of a powerful local crime family. It’s clear that things down south are not always what they seem. And sometimes, even in the most peaceful of places, you need to play hardball. The first in a brand new series from multi-million copy bestseller Alex Smith, author of the DCI Kett books, A Long-Dead Thing has all the compulsive mystery, gripping action and hilarious comedy readers have come to love. Welcome to Southwold!DI Baird will return OPEN WOUNDSBinge the DCI Kett series PAPER GIRLSBAD DOGTHREE LITTLE PIGSWHIP CRACKRUN RABBIT RUNSTONE COLD DEADEVERY MOTHER'S SONSWEET BRIAR ROSEJAW BREAKERKNOCK KNOCKKING RATKNUCKLE BONESLUCKY NUMBER SEVENUNHOLY SAINTSTRULY MADLY DEADLYEVERY LAST DEVILRED LINECOLD IRON KILLS Alex Smith wrote his first book when he was six. It wasn’t particularly good, but it did have some supernatural monsters in it. His latest thrillers have monsters in them too, although these monsters are very human, and all the more terrifying for it. In between, he has published fourteen novels for children and teenagers under his full name, Alexander Gordon Smith—including the number one bestselling series Escape From Furnace, which is loved by millions of readers worldwide and which is soon to become a motion picture. He lives in Norwich with his wife and three young daughters.