Dead Mile: The first ever 'gridlocked' murder mystery

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'I LOVED IT' T. M. LOGAN
'SPELLBINDINGLY ORIGINAL AND UTTERLY COMPELLING' JACK JORDAN
'AN INVENTIVE, GRIPPING TAKE ON A LOCKED ROOM MYSTERY' HARRIET TYCE

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Friday afternoon, and the traffic is bloody murder.

Sergeant Belinda 'Billy' Kidd is driving home from the airport, jet-lagged and ready to resign from a career that has left her traumatised. Menopause has robbed her confidence too - now she's a traffic cop who's afraid to drive. When brake lights haemorrhage up the motorway, the cars grind to a halt. Moments later she finds a dead driver in a black sedan.

He has a metal skewer in his neck. But how The killer can't have left the scene without being spotted by the dozens of witnesses - so he must still be there, among them. If the traffic jam stays put, they're all in danger; if the traffic clears, she'll lose her suspect. The clock is ticking, but she doesn't know how fast.

'A WHITE-KNUCKLE RIDE ... TIGHTLY-PLOTTED AND INTRICATE' HEATHER CRITHLOW

'AN INGENIOUS, HIGH-OCTANE PAGE-TURNER' KATE SLIMANTS

'SMART, WITTY AND BRILLIANTLY ORIGINAL' WILLIAM SHAW

Reviews

'A brilliant cop, a highly entertaining story and a smart new take on the 'locked room' mystery make for a winning combination. I loved it!' - T.M. Logan, author of The Mother and The Holiday

'An inventive, gripping take on a locked room mystery' - Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange

'Spellbindingly original and utterly compelling - Jo Furniss takes the locked room mystery to entirely new heights. Strap yourselves in... Dead Mile is one hell of a ride!' - Jack Jordan, author of Do No Harm

'Such an original concept with brilliantly drawn characters, I honestly felt I was stuck out in the blistering heat on the tarmac of the motorway with them. DEAD MILE is a fantastic read - a pacy page turner with a twisty plot and a sense of tension that doesn't let up until the final page. Loved it.' - Nikki Smith, author of Look What You Made Me Do

'I absolutely loved it. The traffic might be at a standstill but this is a pedal-to-the-metal thriller from page one. The riotously grumpy Sergeant Kidd is my new best mate, and the rest of the complex, expertly-drawn cast make for an ingenious, high-octane page-turner with twists and turns worthy of a Formula 1 course. Utterly brilliant.' - Kate Simants, author of Freeze

Author Bio

Jo Furniss is originally from the UK, but spent much of her adult life overseas, living in Cameroon, Switzerland and Singapore. She's now back home, beside the seaside in England.

Her novels include the survival thriller, All the Little Children, which was an Amazon Chart bestseller in the UK and US. Jo has contributed short stories to the Afraid of the Light anthology series, which was nominated for the CWA Dagger Awards in 2021/22, and raised thousands of pounds for British charities.

A former BBC broadcast journalist, Jo also writes for the award-winning SHORT HISTORY OF podcast from Noiser Productions.

Visit her at JoFurniss.com or follow her on Instagram and Twitter @jofurnissauthor