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A TOTALLY GRIPPING BRITISH CRIME MYSTERY FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANICE FROST.It begins as a Halloween prank. It ends in cold-blooded murder.Halloween. One of the busiest nights of the year for Lincolnshire police. Special Constable Jane Bell is called out to reports of someone in a Dracula mask terrorising the residents of a nearby estate with a replica knife. She races to the scene - but the man in the mask flees into the night.The next morning, Detective Steph Warwick turns up on Jane's doorstep. There's been a murder. Dracula went on to attack two women, retired schoolteacher Susan Gedney and her daughter Gina. Susan died at the scene, Gina survived. The knife turned out to be all too real.Then another young woman disappears from the picturesque village where Susan and Gina lived. She was last seen out on a country walk - but she never returned.Three woman targeted from the same small village. This is no coincidence.Detectives Steph and Jane are faced with the most baffling case of their careers.This unputdownable mystery full of twists is the perfect read for fans of Angela Marsons, Helen H. Durrant, Rachel McLean and Michael Hambling.

The early hours of a freezing January night. Special Constable Jane Bell is at the end of a busy late shift when she's called out to investigate strange noises in a local park. She finds a wailing new-born baby girl dumped in a plastic storage box. That same night Detective Steph Warwick attends the murder of coach driver Bernie Gore, whose battered body is found in a narrow alleyway. The last thing Jane wants is to lock horns with Steph Warwick once again. Then vital evidence emerges linking Bernie Gore's murder to the abandoned baby. And Jane has no choice but to alert the sharp-tongued detective inspector. To solve Bernie's murder and track down Baby Elsa's mother, the two women must bury the hatchet and learn to work together. Matters become even more complicated when a prime suspect emerges - with close links to Jane's family.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Hard-hitting and realistic-feeling story. Frightening. Really enjoyed it." Aileen A TOTALLY GRIPPING CRIME MYSTERY FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANICE FROST. At a busy crossing in Lincoln city centre a motorbike skids to a halt. A man in leathers jumps off the bike and grabs a young girl waiting at the lights. He pushes her roughly aside, remounts the bike, and roars away. The girl falls to the ground. She's been stabbed. Special Constable Jane Bell witnesses the whole thing. She cradles the dying girl and hears the last word on her lips: the name of a missing local boy, a twelve-year-old called Nate Price. DI Steph Warwick is also looking for Nate. Jane had hoped their paths would never cross again . . . Now they need to work together to find Nate before he too is executed in broad daylight. This unputdownable mystery full of twists is the perfect read for fans of: Angela Marsons, Joy Ellis, Ruth Rendell, Helen H. Durrant, Rachel McLean and Michael Hambling. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT MURDER ACROSS THE LINES: "This book has opened my eyes . . . I feel like I have lived in a bubble living in the mountains in a small town." Chelsea A. "Well-written, twists and turns aplenty and with a credible cast of characters but with a vicious, intense and emotional storyline." Ruth G. "A decent follow-up with the return and growth of several characters." Donna B. MEET THE DETECTIVES>DI Stephanie Warwick is thirty-five. She left school at eighteen and worked in a bank before joining the police force. She is haunted by her ex-boyfriend, Cal. He attempted to kill her twelve years ago, and murdered her best friend. ALSO BY JANICE FROSTWARWICK & BELL SERIESBook 1: MURDER AMONG FRIENDS>THE COMPLETE MERRY & NEAL MYSTERIESBook 1: DEAD SECRETBook 2: DARK SECRETBook 3: HER HUSBAND'S SECRETBook 4: THEIR FATAL SECRETSBook 5: DIRTY SECRETS>STANDALONE NOVELSTHE WOMAN ON THE CLIFF