Stuart Pawson

Laughing Boy

de Stuart Pawson

Laura Heeley was just an average mother of two, but at the age of thirty-eight her life was swiftly taken from her, stabbed in the back on her way home from bingo. Colinette Jones was a popular, attractive and...

Shooting Elvis

de Stuart Pawson

Acting DCI Charlie Priest and his reliable crew at Heckley Police Headquarters are presented with a bizarre murder that leads to the discovery of low-tech industrial espionage. But is selling your employer’s...

Over the Edge

de Stuart Pawson

Joe Crozier, a businessman with a decidedly shady past, is enjoying being wined and dined, but refusing his host's request costs Joe more than he could ever have imagined... Bound and gagged, he takes a silent...

Limestone Cowboy

de Stuart Pawson

The sun is shining in Heckley, and DI Charlie Priest is wise-cracking his way through the daily routine. Work is, if not quite relaxed, at least stress-free. The biggest case on the books? A petty thief pinching...

Deadly Friends

de Stuart Pawson

When Dr Clive Jordan’s dazzling career is brought to an abrupt end by a bullet, his colleagues are devastated – especially the female ones. Meanwhile Charlie has another case on his hands that is proving...

The Picasso Scam

de Stuart Pawson

DI Charlie Priest is the kind of officer who likes to get on with the job, though his unorthodox ways have held him at inspector level for a record-breaking length of time; however Priest does get results.

When...

Some by Fire

de Stuart Pawson

DI Charlie Priest was a newly promoted sergeant on the Leeds force when he was called to the scene of a tragic fire. Twenty years on, a new lead emerges and he has the chance to reopen the investigation – but...

Last Reminder

de Stuart Pawson

Detective Inspector Charlie Priest’s day hasn’t started well. Late for the first time in twenty years, thanks to a hangover, he’s got a grisly workload to face.

Hartley Goodrich has been found dead in his...

The Mushroom Man

de Stuart Pawson

There’s nothing Detective Inspector Charlie Priest hates more than a case involving children.

When Georgina, the eight-year-old daughter of a local businessman, goes missing, Charlie and his colleagues soon...

Chill Factor

de Stuart Pawson

When salesman Tony Silkstone confesses to murder, the top brass of the Heckley police are keen to convict and close the lurid case. But Detective Inspector Charlie Priest is not convinced that things are as...