The Silent Killer
(Hardback)
Available Formats
Paperback
Published: 13th May 2025
Paperback
Published: 8th October 2024
Hardback
Published: 8th October 2024
Publishing Details
The Silent Killer
By (Author) Trevor Wood
Quercus Publishing
Quercus Publishing
8th October 2024
18th July 2024
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Physical Properties
Hardback
464
Width 160mm, Height 236mm, Spine 42mm
690g
Description
The first in a Newcastle-set police procedural series with a twist. DCI Jack Parker has a secret. He has Early Onset Dementia and he will do anything and everything to hide it from his peers and the people he's investigating.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING. THERE'S NO ESCAPE.DCI Jack Parker has faced down hardened villains and raving, drug-addled lunatics. He's disarmed a machete-wielding psychopath and broken devastating news of a loved one's death more times than he can remember. With a serial killer stalking the Newcastle streets and one of his closest colleagues lying in the mortuary following a hit and run he thinks things are about as tough as they've ever been. But he should know that trouble always comes in threes.Jack is about to face the biggest challenge of his life, one that will end his career and destroy his family: Early Onset Dementia.As he does everything he can to hide his deteriorating condition from his family and colleagues, Jack believes that the serial killer is haunted by his childhood while his own memories are built on increasingly shifting sands. The race against time to save lives, including his own, has begun. Whilst staying within the realms of the police procedural genre, this cracking thriller will explore character in depth and with sensitivity, as well as with the author's trademark dark humour.Author Bio
Trevor Wood has lived in Newcastle for thirty years and considers himself an adopted Geordie. He's a successful playwright who has also worked as a journalist and spin-doctor for the City Council. Prior to that he served in the Royal Navy for sixteen years. Trevor holds an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) from UEA. His acclaimed Jimmy Mullen trilogy included The Man on the Street, One Way Street and Dead End Street. This was followed by a high praised standalone thriller, You Can Run.
